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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 do the ship's passengers remark to themselves while boarding?
(a) How bright the sun is.
(b) How cold the weather is.
(c) How safe the ship is.
(d) How slow everyone is.

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

3. Who is Morgan's uncle?
(a) J.P. McKenzie.
(b) J.P. Morgan.
(c) J.P. McCarthy.
(d) J.P. Morganstern.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item does the other person clean?

3. Morgan thinks that everyone one he meets seems to share ______________.

4. What did the dead man press into Morgan's hand?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is observed about the narrator's demeanor from the Prologue?

2. What is the story of the tall unnamed woman on board the ship?

3. Who are Mr. Ismay and Mr. Andrews and what are their roles?

4. What is Morgan's itinerary and his destination?

5. How does Morgan first learn that there may be a problem with the operations of the Titanic?

6. Who is Charlie Melchett and what do he and Morgan do together as Titanic gets underway?

7. What is the date of the activity noted in the Prologue?

8. What can be said about Morgan's personality and motivations?

9. What is the name of one of the characters from the Prologue?

10. Who is the tall, beautiful woman and what is the source of her distress?

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