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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Washington Roebling take on his father's construction team?
(a) Construction Manager.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Grunt.
(d) Assistant Engineer.

2. Which of the following modes of transportation stops the construction of "The Biggest Bridge in the World" in 1846?
(a) Passenger trains.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Steamboats.
(d) Airplanes.

3. What is Roebling rubbed down with to return his circulation?
(a) Sugar and Lime.
(b) Salt and Whiskey.
(c) Hemp and Cloves.
(d) Tea and Butter.

4. Which of the following precautions is NOT installed by Roebling previous to the fire?
(a) Fire extingishers.
(b) Steam pipes.
(c) Water buckets.
(d) Hoses.

5. How long are the shifts Roebling's men endure on a daily basis?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 15 hours.
(d) 24 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the newspapers label a quack?

2. How many cables does Roebling suggest could hold the Brooklyn Bridge?

3. Where does Murphy graduate law school?

4. Which of the following newspapers does NOT print a scandalous article about Tweed in their pages?

5. What is the name of the party John joins after Johanna's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lessons on love did Washington learn while away from his family?

2. How does John Roebling divide his estate after death?

3. Why was John Roebling so devastated when his wife, Johanna, died?

4. How does Roebling react to the scandal surrounding Kingsley's finances?

5. How is the fire in the caisson started, and how do the newspapers report the fire?

6. Why did John so quickly return to engineering after moving to America?

7. Who was Ellet, and why was he considered such a showman?

8. Which problems stopped the initial production of "The Rainbow Bridge" in the early-1800s?

9. Why did Washington and Emily move to Germany, and how did John feel about the move?

10. At the age of 63, to what did John Roebling attribute his long life?

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