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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. Where did Lawrence Beesley go to college?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Magdalen.
(c) Sidney-Sussex.
(d) Gonville and Caius.

2. Who wrote, "We must love one another or die"?
(a) E. M. Forster.
(b) W. H. Auden.
(c) Thomas Deloney.
(d) Arnold Bennett.

3. How old do most people in the Indian tribe live to be?
(a) 35.
(b) 64.
(c) 51.
(d) 45.

4. How many miles did the St. Louis travel before it docked at Antwerp?
(a) 9,000 miles.
(b) 10,000 miles.
(c) 10,500 miles.
(d) 8,500 miles.

5. What language did the priest speak that the Kurd led Miss Logan to after they climbed down Mount Ararat?
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) Turkish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Charlie and Pippa been together?

2. After the sick were killed, how many days of provisions were left to sustain the survivors?

3. When was the account of the Medusa published?

4. How many people refused to leave the frigate and transfer to the raft?

5. Who painted "Burial of the Count of Orgaz"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

2. What did Colonel Fergusson take Amanda to see in 1821?

3. How were the survivors on the raft finally rescued?

4. What were the thoughts of the fifteen who remained on the raft when they saw a butterfly?

5. What did Amanda say about the practice of placing teeth in a crevice of the door of a church?

6. Who finally agreed to take passengers from the St. Louis?

7. What does Charlie learn about the words one of the Indians has been teaching him?

8. What plan was devised when the frigate struck a reef at high tide?

9. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

10. What effects did James Bartley suffer from being swallowed by a whale?

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