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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. After how many days did some of the survivors who stayed on the frigate decide to strike out on a raft?
(a) 29 days.
(b) 42 days.
(c) 33 days.
(d) 54 days.

2. Who published Lawrence's book about the Titanic?
(a) Doubleday.
(b) Harper Collins.
(c) Harper & Row.
(d) Houghton Mifflin.

3. Where did Amanda and Miss Logan see a peasant woman placing a tooth in the crevice of a church door?
(a) Kozan.
(b) Erzerum.
(c) Ozab.
(d) Malatya.

4. What did an Armenian priest call Mount Ararat?
(a) Nemrut.
(b) Massis.
(c) Toros.
(d) Sippan Dagh.

5. How many days and nights was Jonah inside the whale?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote, "We must love one another or die"?

2. How long do Charlie and the crew have to wait after Matt's accident for the copter to come?

3. What did Amanda give as payment for a place to stay in Arghuri?

4. Where is the narrator when he writes "Parenthesis"?

5. How many people sailed on the expedition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

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

5. Why do Charlie and the crew have to hike into the jungle?

6. How would science explain the halo of cloud that appears around Mount Ararat?

7. What happens on Thursday when the crew are filming?

8. What is different about the way the couple sleeps in "Parenthesis"?

9. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

10. What is the storyline based upon of the movie Charlie is acting in?

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