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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. How fast before the canal becomes a smooth, quiet operation, free from the drama and hoopla characteristic of earlier years?
(a) Decades later.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Very slowly.
(d) Slowly.

2. "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) Blinded by the sprucing up for his viewing.
(b) Absorbing all during the daytime.
(c) With childlike enthusiasm.
(d) It was his initial experience outside the U.S.

3. When does the Pacific fleet pass through the Panama Canal relative to Theodore Roosevelt's death, and does he view it?
(a) Just weeks before Theodore Roosevelt's death, he does not.
(b) Several years before Theodore Roosevelt's death, he does.
(c) Just months following Theodore Roosevelt's death, he cannot.
(d) Just months before Theodore Roosevel's death, he does not.

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

5. William Crawford Gorgas gathers data on how weather and topography affect Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malarial parasite to humans, and discovers what?
(a) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents have no effect on them.
(b) Direct sunlight, rain, and strong air currents are lethal to them.
(c) Direct sunlight and strong air currents are lethal to them, rain is not.
(d) Direct sunlight and rain are lethal to them, strong air currents are not.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a special message to Congress on January 4, 1904, Theodore Roosevelt claims what nation violates a U.S. mandate to build the canal, the "great design" of the 1846 treaty to secure its construction?

2. How many times does Theodore Roosevelt return to Panama to see the canal?

3. 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?

4. What is the focus of attention in the final stages?

5. John Stevens is scheduled to accompany William H. Taft to the Philippines to advise on railroad construction, when who urges John Stevens to go to Panama as John Findley Wallace's successor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What became of Phillippee Banau-Varilla?

2. What takes place in early 1907 that seals John Stevens' fate as chief engineer?

3. George Washington Goethals did not have the easy way with people as his predecessor John Stevens did, so what steps did he take for effective leadership?

4. What is Panama's social structure like?

5. What are some of the critical points of the Hay- Herran Treaty ratified by the Senate 73-5 on March 17, 1903?

6. What is traffic like following opening of the canal?

7. What is the social life like in Panama for canal workers during Goethals' time?

8. Which of the three presidents that the Panama Canal is built under is most crucial to it?

9. What is the design of the largest moving part of the canal system?

10. What is occurring during the initial stage of U.S. efforts in Panama that culminates in a 1905 event?

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