The Path Between the Seas Test | Final Test - Easy

David McCullough
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The Path Between the Seas Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The great dam at Gatun, that is 15 times wider at the base than it is high, is how difficult to construct?
(a) Almost impossible.
(b) Unbelievably difficult.
(c) Moderately hard.
(d) Surprisingly easy.

2. A Panamanian National Constitutional Convention is held on January 15, 1904, and a National Assembly elects whom as President?
(a) Jose Agustin Arango.
(b) Manuel Amador.
(c) Maurice Banau-Varilla.
(d) Carlos Constantino Arosemena.

3. William Cromwell, on June 13, 1903, leaks to the New York World paper he had a talk with Theodore Roosevelt about recognizing a secessionist Republic of Panama should what continue?
(a) Nicaragua sending forces into Panama.
(b) Colombia not dealing fairly with Chile.
(c) Colombia being greedy.
(d) Colombia ignoring Panama's king.

4. "The Man with the Sun in His Eyes," the subtitle for Chapter 18, refers to Theodore Roosevelt's 1906 visit to the isthmus, where he takes everything in how?
(a) It was his initial experience outside the U.S.
(b) Blinded by the sprucing up for his viewing.
(c) With childlike enthusiasm.
(d) Absorbing all during the daytime.

5. How many years does it take to build the locks?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

6. Who heads the U.S. Army's medical service during World War I and dies in London in 1920?
(a) Henry Rose Carter.
(b) William Henry Welch.
(c) Walter Reed.
(d) William Crawford Gorgas.

7. What does Theodore Roosevelt stress in his autobiography as to his action in Panama?.
(a) Maintains it was not impulsive.
(b) It was not impulsive, the situation called for quick action.
(c) Admits in hindsight it was impulsive.
(d) He had to take quick action, or none at all.

8. How many times does Theodore Roosevelt return to Panama to see the canal?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

9. Who pays Colombia $25 million in indemnities in 1925?
(a) William Howard Taft.
(b) Calvin Coolidge.
(c) Warren G. Harding.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

10. The Wallace/Stevens departmental system is replaced by what?
(a) Celestial, with each independent of another.
(b) Geographic divisions as in the French period.
(c) Multiple-level class system as in Mexico.
(d) Geological divisions with one atop another.

11. Theodore Roosevelt's ship arrives in Panama a day early, so as not to ruin John Steven's schedule, the Presidential party agrees to stay on board overnight, but in the morning the welcoming party finds what?
(a) Roosevelt having breakfast at a hotel.
(b) Roosevelt ashore exploring the waterfront.
(c) Roosevelt's ship gone from port.
(d) Rosevelt in the jungle on a hunting expedition.

12. John Stevens feels the Panama Canal can be completed by January 1914, but doubts a sea- level version can be prior to what year?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1921.

13. The Canal Record, reliable in most respects, includes nothing about what?
(a) Deaths or illnesses of any kind within the Canal Zone.
(b) Black weddings, social affairs, births, and obituaries.
(c) Politics, government, or budgeting of the canal project.
(d) Divorce, alcoholism, abuse or addiction to drugs, or other negative topics.

14. At the peak of U.S. work, on any given day, how many steam shovels were operating in the Cut?
(a) 80-90.
(b) 30-40.
(c) 15-25.
(d) 50-60.

15. Who is hired as America's first chief engineer for the canal project, with the understanding he need not move to the isthmus?
(a) John Findley Wallace.
(b) John Stevens.
(c) George W. Goethals.
(d) Theodore Perry Shonts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theodore Roosevelt declares he would have recommended the Congress take possession of the isthmus had the Panamanians not revolted, as which nation is not a responsible power?

2. "Adventure by Trigonometry" is the subtitle of Chapter 12, detailing how the U.S. moves from what to what?

3. Who serves as quartermaster general during World War I, finishes his career on Wall Street, and is buried at West Point in 1928?

4. Who outmaneuvers the Panamanians into giving the U.S. greater rights in the Canal Zone than it wants?

5. For an overall view of the Gatun dam site, Theodore Roosevelt races up the hillside and takes a look, and then the most famous moment of his trip takes place when Roosevelt does what?

(see the answer keys)

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