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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. French engineers at Panama look on American colleagues as merely adroit at improvisation, but find making do with what is available under pressure difficult and that Suez was too easy, as warned by whom?
(a) Baron de Lypinay.
(b) Gaston Blanchet.
(c) A. G. Menocal.
(d) Armand Rycus.

2. A huge dam taming the Chagres changes the slope, increasing the "cube" excavation by how much?
(a) 60%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 30%.

3. 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?
(a) Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
(b) Admiral de La Ronciere-Le Noury.
(c) Jules Flachet.
(d) Ferdinand de Lesseps.

4. Gustave Eiffel eventually is able to clear his name, but what does he do afterward?
(a) Continues his building career.
(b) Gives up his building career.
(c) Becomes a politician in Greenland.
(d) Takes his building career to the U.S.

5. Cholera kills 48 of 50 technicians and 150 soldiers and dependents en route to duty in Panama in 1852, yet which Fourth Infantry member survives and becomes President?
(a) Rutherford B. Hayes.
(b) Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

6. The United States is granted exclusive right of transit across the Isthmus of Panama upon the signing of what document with Colombia in 1846?
(a) The Panama Canal Charter.
(b) The Panamanian Isthmus Pact.
(c) The Bidlack Treaty.
(d) The Atlantic and Pacific Accord.

7. 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.

8. Which investigative group of the Panama Affair holds 63 sessions, receives 158 depositions, complies over 1,000 dossiers, but issues a report that embarrasses no colleagues?
(a) Committee of Thirty-Three.
(b) Panama Investigative Committee.
(c) De Lesseps Investigative Committee.
(d) Compagnie Universelle Investigatie Committee.

9. What promise does Ferdinand de Lesseps keep on January 1, 1880?
(a) Strikes the first blow for the Panama.
(b) Tosses a lucky franc into the bay near Panama City.
(c) Cuts the ribbon at the location for the Panama Canal.
(d) Leads the New Year's parade through the capital.

10. Jaques de Reinach is a nominal villain in comparison to whom?
(a) Alexandre Ribot.
(b) Ydouard Drumont.
(c) Ferdinand Martin.
(d) Cornelius Herz.

11. The Compagnie Universelle incorporates on March 3, 1881, with whom as officers?
(a) Ferdinand de Lesseps, President; Henri Bionne, Secretary General; and Charles de Lesseps, Director.
(b) Ferdinand de Lesseps, President; Charles de Lesseps, Secretary General; and Henri Bionne, Director.
(c) Henri Bionne, President; Charles de Lesseps, Secretary General; and Ferdinand de Lesseps, Director.
(d) Charles de Lesseps, President; Henri Bionne, Secretary General; and Ferdinand de Lesseps, Director.

12. Which monument unveiling did Ferdinand de Lesseps attend in October of 1886?
(a) The Statue of Liberty.
(b) The London Bridge.
(c) The Eiffel Tower.
(d) The Washington Monument.

13. Yeas were primarily French, yet A.G. Menocal's analysis of the 1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique canal site vote showed how many were French Society of Engineers members?
(a) 1.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. An initial stock offering after the1879 Congris International d'Ytudes du Canal Interocyanique goes poorly, so Ferdinand de Lesseps gives back investors' funds, has another issue offered, and declares what?
(a) The survey requirement of the Wyse Concession is void.
(b) He will depart for Panama with a team of experts by October 1879.
(c) A double return within three years is guaranteed.
(d) He will complete the survey required by the Wyse Concession.

15. A Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama is incorporated on October 20, 1894 and the liquidator extends the Wyse Concession through what year?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Panama shares slip in value by mid-1885, Ferdinand de Lesseps lies to the stockholders stating the task is how far accomplished?

2. Beyond maps and plans, what is Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse refused access to in 1878?

3. Whom is Ferdinand de Lesseps hailed as second only to upon his arrival in Panama with his associates in late 1879?

4. In which book does the author urge no action be taken prior to experts first comparing the pros and cons of all potential routes in connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

5. Company physicians agree on what as the best advice regarding the maladies associated with Panama?

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