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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the river in Benares called?

2. What surrounded Jeypore?

3. What did the Twains have to buy to travel away from India?

4. Who was murdered in a trial Twain discussed?

5. What Hindu ceremony did Twain get to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Twain describe the Taj Mahal?

2. What did the people in Benares use the river for and why?

3. Who was Jameson, and what did he do?

4. What was locked up in Indian Palaces, and what did Twain think about that?

5. What did Twain say about Government House?

6. What did Twain find interesting about his ship to Mauritius?

7. What was the Black Hole, and what was it famous for?

8. Who was Ramzam and what happened to him?

9. What happened to Suttee widows?

10. What did Twain do to pass the time while sailing to Africa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person did you relate with the most in this book? Why ? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Twain experiences some moments of deep despair in this book. What are some of these moments, what caused them, and how did his reaction to this despair shape the direction of his trip and his narrative of the trip?

Essay Topic 3

What were the different backgrounds of the people who traveled with Twain, and how did these diverse backgrounds affect the course of the narrative?

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