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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contributes to the narrator's thoughts about the apple-tree table being supernatural?
(a) The table is Satanic-looking.
(b) The table is unusually beautiful.
(c) The table is old.
(d) The table is inscribed with signs and symbols.

2. Why was Bannadonna excused for the homicide he committed?
(a) It was justifiable.
(b) It was caused by esthetic passion.
(c) It was done in self-defense.
(d) It was accidental.

3. What caused the bell-ringing automaton to kill Bannadonna?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) A manufacturing error.
(c) An unrepaired defect.
(d) A design flaw.

4. How do the bachelors in the Temple keep time?
(a) By the wine they drank.
(b) By the courses of the meal.
(c) By the jokes they told.
(d) By their reminiscences.

5. How does the lightning rod salesman feel about thunderstorms?
(a) He is assured of his own safety.
(b) He is relaxed and unafraid.
(c) He is confident.
(d) He is terrified.

6. How does the narrator of "The Piazza" travel to the spot in the mountains that he wants to see?
(a) In a yawl.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On foot.
(d) In a carriage.

7. What does John Gentian say are caused by stirring deeds?
(a) Stirring thoughts.
(b) Stirring rhymes.
(c) Stirring songs.
(d) Stirring novels.

8. Who lives in the cottage that the narrator of "The Piazza" finds in the mountains?
(a) A lonely widow.
(b) A newlywed husband and wife.
(c) No one.
(d) An orphaned brother and sister.

9. Why had Jimmy Rose often been chosen to present awards?
(a) He was a generous donor.
(b) He was famous.
(c) He spoke well.
(d) He was handsome.

10. In "I and My Chimney," what is the narrator's wife's maxim?
(a) Whatever is, is right.
(b) Whatever is not, is not.
(c) Whatever.
(d) Whatever is, is wrong and must be altered.

11. What did Jimmy Rose have to offer the rich after he lost his fortune?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Compliments.

12. On what holiday does John Gentian converse with passers-by?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) The Fourth of July.

13. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" decide never to leave home?
(a) He is standing guard over the chimney.
(b) His wife won't permit it.
(c) He is "sour and unsocial."
(d) He is busy rebuilding the house.

14. What does Benito Cereno say has happened to his partner, Alexandro Aranda?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He left the ship at the last port.
(c) He died of fever.
(d) He fell overboard.

15. Why had Jimmy Rose never married?
(a) He loved all women equally.
(b) He ws unattractive.
(c) He was too shy.
(d) He didn't like women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emblem does John Gentian wear on his left lapel?

2. What disease does Captain Delano learn has swept off much of the crew and cargo of slaves?

3. What first alarms the narrator about the apple-tree table?

4. Where do "'Gees" come from?

5. What god does the narrator in "The Lightning Rod Man" think the salesman resembles?

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