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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the journalist who had written a story about a ship sinking after striking an iceberg?
(a) Stegall.
(b) Steadman.
(c) Sneed.
(d) Stead.

2. How many people are included in the Prologue?
(a) 200.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 75.

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

4. Who is the worker that Morgan had encountered collapsed one day last spring?
(a) Trevant.
(b) Toulouse.
(c) Tremaine.
(d) Tuohy.

5. Whose dinner party is Morgan obliged to attend?
(a) Adele Baines'.
(b) John Jacob Astor's.
(c) Molly Brown's.
(d) Lady Duff Gordon's.

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

7. Who is the childhood friend and college roommate Morgan encounters on board ship?
(a) Van Johnson.
(b) Van Hopper.
(c) Vandenberg.
(d) Van Halen.

8. Ginsberg thinks that the ship is listing to the port side which indicates ______________________.
(a) A fire in a bunker.
(b) An iceberg ahead.
(c) Inexperienced captain.
(d) Strong headwinds.

9. In which city does Lady Duff Gordon have an office?
(a) Milan.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

10. Where does Morgan go to write the letter to his uncle?
(a) The captain's quarters.
(b) The main deck.
(c) The library.
(d) The stateroom.

11. Who is the Captain of the ship on which Morgan is sailing?
(a) Captain Jones.
(b) Captain Smith.
(c) Captain McCartney.
(d) Captain Ismay.

12. Morgan's manner can be described as ____________.
(a) Rude.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Polite.
(d) Passive.

13. What does the reader NOT learn about the Titanic in Chapter 1?
(a) Its cost.
(b) Its power.
(c) Its technology.
(d) Its luxury.

14. Morgan thinks that everyone one he meets seems to share ______________.
(a) Stock tips.
(b) Mistresses.
(c) Books.
(d) Magazines.

15. With whom is Morgan swimming at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Ginsberg.
(b) Melchett.
(c) Rosenfelder.
(d) Astor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the stranger NOT do with Morgan?

2. For how long do the two people face each other?

3. What does Morgan's companion do that is so intriguing?

4. In what month does the Prologue take place?

5. What is the name of the story's narrator?

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