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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following elements is absorbed into workers' bloodstreams, forming bubbles that keep oxygen from reaching the tissues?
(a) Carbon Dioxide.
(b) Nitrogen.
(c) Lithium.
(d) Hydrogen.

2. In what country is Tweed finally arrested?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

3. Who does "The Genuine Language of America" dub the "heroes of the Age of Progress?"
(a) Construction workers.
(b) Chemists.
(c) Engineers.
(d) Physicists.

4. Over what river is the first suspension bridge ever built?
(a) Michael's Creek.
(b) John's Creek.
(c) Thomas' Creek.
(d) Jacob's Creek.

5. What does Thomas Pope call the bridge that would one day join Manhattan to Brooklyn?
(a) The Bridge Spectacular.
(b) The Great Bridge.
(c) The Bridge of Dreams.
(d) The Rainbow Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are killed during the river's "Great Blowout?"

2. How many companies bid for the lucrative wire contract?

3. How fast will the cable cars that travel the Brooklyn Bridge travel?

4. Which of the following subjects does John Roebling study in school as a teenager?

5. How many tons of wire are needed to suspend the Brooklyn Bridge?

(see the answer key)

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