The Devil in the White City: Study Help: Quiz

1: The Union Stockyards are

a. an exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

b. an area of Jackson Park not utilized by the exposition.

c. the meatpacking district in Chicago.

d. a bank that closes due to the declining economy.

2: John Root is unable to finish his work on the fair because he

a. dies.

b. takes a job with another firm.

c. claims he can no longer work with Burnham.

d. decides he no longer wants to be an architect.

3: H.H. Holmes's first career was as a

a. doctor.

b. pharmacist.

c. principal.

d. teacher.

4: H.H. Holmes disposes of his bodies using all of the following methods except

a. burning them in his kiln.

b. sending them to be made into skeletons.

c. staging their suicides.

d. carrying them out of his residence in a trunk.

5: Crimes that Holmes committed include all of the following except

a. murder.

b. armed robbery.

c. insurance fraud.

d. forgery.

6: Frederick Olmsted is a

a. landscape architect.

b. taxidermist.

c. banker.

d. businessman.

7: Both John Root and Daniel Burnham meet their wives in their work on

a. a house for the owner of the Union Stockyards.

b. the 1893 World's Fair.

c. the Montauk.

d. The Chicago Tribune.

8: Patrick Prendergast's primary role in the novel is to

a. build one of the key buildings at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

b. help H.H. Holmes turn his bodies into skeletons.

c. assassinate Mayor Carter Henry Harrison.

d. investigate H.H. Holmes's crimes.

9: The structure built for the fair to top the Eiffel Tower of the Paris exposition is the

a. roller coaster.

b. Ferris wheel.

c. Sears Tower.

d. Cold Storage Building.

10: Frederick Olmsted's fears about the fair include all of the following except

a. having to wait until building construction is finished to do most of his work.

b. hot having the right kinds of boats.

c. the economy.

d. having the perfect exhibit on the Wooded Island.

11: Daniel Burnham encounters which of the following struggles in building the fair?

a. Union workers striking

b. The declining economy

c. Late work from architect

d. All of the above

12: H.H. Holmes is finally imprisoned in what city?

a. Chicago

b. Indianapolis

c. Cincinnati

d. Philadelphia

13: Which of the following is a symbolic image that appears in several chapters of this novel?

a. Fire

b. Ice

c. Water

d. Fireworks

14: Who of the following people dies aboard the Titanic?

a. Daniel Burnham

b. Frederick Olmsted

c. Frank Millet

d. John Root

15: Which of the following objects helps Detective Geyer find the bodies of Nellie and Alice Pietzel in Toronto?

a. Letters

b. Holmes's memoir

c. Holmes's diary

d. A newspaper article

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