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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. Whom is Ferdinand de Lesseps hailed as second only to upon his arrival in Panama with his associates in late 1879?
(a) Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
(d) Hernando de Soto.

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

3. Which survivors enjoy lifelong immunity from the disease that comes and goes in waves?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Chagres fever.

4. Why is it nearly impossible in the early stages of canal construction to maintain an adequate work force?
(a) High death toll.
(b) Frequent turnover.
(c) High illness rate.
(d) Language differences.

5. Who is the Turr Syndicate directed by?
(a) Colonel Istvan Turr, Lord Jacques de Reinach, and Admiral Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse.
(b) Baron Istvan Turr, Commodore Jacques de Reinach, and Captain Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse.
(c) General Istvan Turr, Baron Jacques de Reinach, and Commander Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse.
(d) General Istvan Turr, Baron Jacques de Reinach, and Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon-Bonaparte Wyse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The cream of the crop of 19th-century French engineers are trained at what two institutions (the most brilliant at the former, and only its top graduates at the latter)?

2. When is the rainy season and how much is dropped along the line cutting through seven miles of swamps and marsh, beyond Gatun?

3. Three weeks following the arrival of news of the Colon fire in Paris, Ferdinand de Lesseps achieves the ultimate honor, induction where?

4. Ferdinand de Lesseps has declares publicly that 20 ships daily shall pass via the canal by 1890, and what occurs to the Compagnie Universelle on February 4, 1889?

5. On his 1879 trip to New York, Lieutenant Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse travels to Washington and sees whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is notable about the date of October 20, 1893?

2. What are some of the problems author David McCullouch finds Ferdinand de Lesseps has as being key to his failure?

3. How can the early years of the Companie Universele be described?

4. What is the result of Gaston Blanchet's proposal for a 400' wide swath to ease surveying?

5. As hard as they work, what are some of the problems the French engineers encounter?

6. Among the earliest authoritative studies, the Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, published in 1811, is sketchy about a number of things, but is adamant about what?

7. What is Colon like, where Ferdinant de Lesseps' entourage begins their journey in Panama?

8. What do Ferdinand de Lesseps and his companions find in Panama City?

9. What increases the impetus to build a canal, and why?

10. What are the essential elements, pros and cons, to A.G. Menocal's canal proposal?

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