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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What results from the six-month expedition led by Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse that leaves France in early November of 1876?
(a) All had heat stroke, one was temporarily insane, and two died.
(b) All had yellow fever, one died, and two remained to pan for gold in the Bogotá River.
(c) All had cholera, six died in the jungle, and two died on the return trip at sea.
(d) All had malaria, three died, and he calls for a nine-mile tunnel.
2. After leaving the bottom lands of Panama in late 1879, while en route to Panama City, the Ferdinand de Lesseps entourage follow what river toward the summit at Culebra?
(a) Panama River.
(b) Rio Obispo.
(c) Chagres River.
(d) Rio Grande.
3. What is U.S. delegate Admiral Ammen's view of the American canal plan, given at the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique, with a 1,900 foot viaduct over the Chagres River, 12 locks at each end, and costing $94.6 million?
(a) Declares the whole thing impractical.
(b) States it requires only minor modifications.
(c) Supports the proposal wholeheartedly.
(d) Believes the cost estimate could be lowered somewhat.
4. Lieutenants Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse and Armand Reclus plan a sea-level canal for Central America between Wyse's 1878 and 1879 visits to Washington, while Ferdinand de Lesseps does what?
(a) Accompanies Wyse to Washington and New York in early 1879.
(b) Organizes the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique.
(c) Sails for the Isthmus of Panama.
(d) Returns to the Suez Canal after ten years to examine it for stability and engineering techniques.
5. "The Incredible Task" is the subtitle for Chapter 5 which chronicles the initial years of the Compagnie Universelle, marked by what?
(a) Low hopes, misleading propaganda, minimal and costly progress, and massive logistical and natural challenges.
(b) Soaring hopes, misleading propaganda, real but costly progress, and massive logistical and natural challenges.
(c) Cautious hopes, honest promotion, real but costly progress, and massive logistical and natural challenges.
(d) Soaring hopes, misleading propaganda, minimal but economical progress, and reasonable logistical and natural challenges.
Short Answer Questions
1. "The Hero" is a reference to the esteem surrounding Ferdinand de Lesseps at what point in history?
2. Who ensures the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique opens in May, the best time to be in Paris, has final say as to the agenda, rules, committee make-up, and entertainment?
3. On his 1879 trip to New York, Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse travels to Washington and sees whom?
4. Ferdinand de Lesseps briefly speaks at the Technical Commission's initial business session on January 6, 1880, then leaves it to rubber stamp what he wants in a 300-page report calling for what?
5. Who is the Turr Syndicate directed by?
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