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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 21.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse sails back to New York in early 1879 to buy the Panama Railroad Company, but its president is the major stockholder with the leverage to demand what price?
(a) $100 per share, full market value.
(b) $400 per share, four times the market value.
(c) $300 per share, three times the market value.
(d) $200 per share, two times the market value.
2. George W. Goethals allows employees to air grievances where?
(a) A Saturday three-man review board consisting of two supervisors and one equal level employee.
(b) At the Sunday morning court of appeals and in the Canal Record letters to the editor.
(c) A summary court similar to lowest level of U.S. military three-level courts martial system.
(d) The Canal Record letters to the editor.
3. 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) Organizes the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique.
(b) Returns to the Suez Canal after ten years to examine it for stability and engineering techniques.
(c) Sails for the Isthmus of Panama.
(d) Accompanies Wyse to Washington and New York in early 1879.
4. In late 1879, a large entourage sails to Panama arriving in what season?
(a) Hurricane.
(b) Dry.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Typhoon.
5. Ferdinand de Lesseps' second attempt at going public, is the largest financial endeavor yet, with each share ($100) representing a year's income for half of France's working class, but may be bought how?
(a) 25% down, balance in equal monthly payments for three years.
(b) 25% down, five years to pay the rest.
(c) 50% down, six years to pay the rest.
(d) 25% down, six years to pay the rest.
Short Answer Questions
1. Since William Nelson Cromwell has White House access, which John Tyler Morgan reportedly hates him for, what does Cromwell view that as proof of?
2. Phillippe Banau-Varilla's Cincinnati civic speech of building a shorter, cheaper alternate to Nicaragua, glosses over mudslides, disease, his stock holdings, and adds what new theme to the debate?
3. John Walker asks Compagnie Nouvelle to verify it's franchises and title in Pa nama in April 1901, gets no reply by June, and has William Cromwell ask directly how much his client wants. They reply how?
4. When newspapers throughout the world announce "The Great Canal Crash," and deputies order the Compagnie Universelle into receivership, demonstrations across France espouse what?
5. A huge dam taming the Chagres changes the slope, increasing the "cube" excavation by how much?
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