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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. Who was Gericault's assistant who lived with him?
(a) Louis-Alexis Jamar.
(b) Ligier Richier.
(c) Villard de Honnecourt.
(d) Jean Pucelle.

2. How far from home is the narrator's job in Part I of Chapters 7?
(a) 1/2 mile.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 3/4 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

3. How old was the cabin boy who fell through one of the fore portholes?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. What is the name of the priest that Matt portrays?
(a) Rimini.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Tortini.
(d) Firmin.

5. On what ship did James Bartley work as a sailor?
(a) The Princess.
(b) West Winds.
(c) Star of the East.
(d) The Duchess.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old do most people in the Indian tribe live to be?

2. Who was the ma who was rumored to make it to the top of Mount Ararat?

3. When did the expedition set off for Senegal?

4. What does Lawrence's daughter feed him?

5. How many passengers were on board the St. Louis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

3. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

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

5. In Section II of Chapter 5, how is catastrophe turned into art?

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

7. Where was Arghuri and why did Amanda wish to go there?

8. What does the eighteen-year-old expect when he takes a job as a prep-school master?

9. How is the woman's sleep sometimes broken and how does this affect the man in "Parenthesis"?

10. Why was it decided after the seventh day that the sick should be killed?

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