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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 did Twain cite to describe the Taj Mahal?

2. What hotel did Twain stay in at Ceylon?

3. What happened to Suttee widows?

4. What was good in Jeyppore that was not in most of India?

5. How did Twain get to Allhallabad?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Twain describe Mauritius?

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

3. Why did Twain dismiss Manuel?

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

5. Who controlled Mauritius, and how was the island affected?

6. Who were the Boers, and what did they do?

7. Who were the Thuggees, and how did Twain know about them?

8. How did Twain describe the average day for an Indian child?

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

10. What was The Great Mutiny?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did knowing this was a true story change your ideas about the content?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Samuel Clemens chose to use his pen name for a book that was so autobiographical in nature? How did this affect this narrative for the good and bad?

Essay Topic 3

What was the political controversy happening in South Africa, and how did Twain feel about it?

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