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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women on the ship take as a bad omen?
(a) A dead bird on deck.
(b) A red sky at morning.
(c) Fish leaping out of the sea.
(d) A man blackened with coal dust.

2. The stranger's death is the beginning of the exploration of what topic for Morgan?
(a) Death.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Surprise.

3. What does Morgan question about the ship?
(a) Why it was painted grey.
(b) Why there is no theater.
(c) Why it is so big.
(d) Why it was deemed seaworthy.

4. Morgan is the narrator's ______________ name.
(a) It is not clear.
(b) Middle.
(c) First.
(d) Last.

5. What had made the Titanic's sailing date uncertain?
(a) Weather.
(b) Passenger list.
(c) Boiler room repairs.
(d) Coal strike.

6. What does Morgan's companion do that is so intriguing?
(a) Cleans something.
(b) Reads poetry.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Prays.

7. Where was Adele's lover supposed to arrange an interview for her?
(a) The Metropolitan Opera House.
(b) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) Carnegie Mellon University.
(d) The New York Stock Exchange.

8. Which of the following does Morgan NOT learn about the tall lady?
(a) She was traveling with only the clothes on her back.
(b) She was suicidal.
(c) She was stood up twice.
(d) She is blind.

9. What are the two people doing as the Prologue begins?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Looking at each other.

10. Melchett and Hopper advise Morgan to forget about ____________.
(a) Emmy.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Adelaide.
(d) Wallis.

11. What appears imminent for the two people?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Death.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Passion.

12. For how long do the two people face each other?
(a) An instant.
(b) A few seconds.
(c) A minute.
(d) A few minutes.

13. What is the last name of the author of EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF?
(a) Bantam
(b) Boehner.
(c) Banta.
(d) Bainbridge.

14. In what city does the story begin?
(a) Madrid, Spain.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

15. What is the name of the tall lady?
(a) Adele Barnsworth.
(b) Adelaide Baines.
(c) Adele Barnes.
(d) Adele Baines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose dinner party is Morgan obliged to attend?

2. What is the name of Morgan's companion?

3. To whom does Morgan plan to write a letter?

4. Where does the Titanic dock on its second day of sailing?

5. What is the relationship of the people in the Prologue?

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