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12. What is the talk mainly about?
a) The prospectors
b) The gold rush era
c) The forty-niners
d) Sutters mill
13. Why does the professor mention James Marshall?
a) To see if anyone connects his name with the Gold Rush
b) To pay tribute to him for discovering gold
c) To compare him with John Marshall
d) To tell the students where gold was discovered
14. What does the professor say about the people who went to California?
a) They traveled overland and by ship
b) They came in droves
c) Neither of the above
d) Both A and B
15. According to the professor, of what significance was John Studebaker?
a) He was from the East
b) He made money by repairing wagons
c) He got rich by finding gold
d) He was one of the forty-niners
16. What does the professor say about the people who traveled to California by ship?
a) Sailing around the tip of South America was the best way to go by water
b) Most stopped in Veracruz
c) They either came entirely by ship or came by ship and land
d) Stopping at the Isthmus of Panama was dangerous
17. Why does the professor say this?
a) To spend later class periods on the tale of the forty-niners
b) To tell one of those interesting stories
c) To make students think about life in a Gold Rush town
d) To change the focus of the lecture
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Answers: 12. b 13. b 14. d 15. b 16. c 17. b
