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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. What is Matt's last name?
(a) Smoton.
(b) Smeaton.
(c) Brown.
(d) Smythe.

2. How many passengers were on board the St. Louis?
(a) 764.
(b) 1,104.
(c) 937.
(d) 879.

3. Who was the captain of the expedition to Senegal?
(a) Pierre Surcouf Duroy.
(b) Jacques Barron.
(c) William Lacheur.
(d) Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys.

4. How many soldiers were on the frigate?
(a) 115.
(b) 131.
(c) 120.
(d) 97.

5. Where did Jonah go after God told him to go preach?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Athens.
(c) Tarshish.
(d) Samotrace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the ox heart weigh that the narrator bought at Corrigans weigh?

2. What does Lawrence's daughter feed him?

3. What was the name of Gericault's painting?

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

5. Who published Lawrence's book about the Titanic?

Short Essay Questions

1. When a violent storm blew up while Jonah was traveling by ship, how did the mariners decide that Jonah was the cause of the storm?

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

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

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. What happens on Thursday when the crew are filming?

7. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

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

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

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

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