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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rumor pursues Daniel Orme into his life on shore?
(a) He was a buccaneer.
(b) He was Frenchman.
(c) He was a thief.
(d) He was a war hero.

2. What habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?
(a) Snuff.
(b) Mulled wine.
(c) Aperatifs.
(d) Toasts.

3. What first alarms the narrator about the apple-tree table?
(a) A steady drip.
(b) A ticking sound.
(c) A sense of pervading evil.
(d) A mysterious odor.

4. What do the maids work to produce?
(a) Machinery.
(b) Fabric.
(c) Toothpicks.
(d) Paper.

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

6. How does Captain Delano view the attitude of the black people on board?
(a) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be cringing and fearful.
(b) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be insubordinate.
(c) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be cheerful and content.
(d) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be competent and well-trained.

7. How was John Marr wounded?
(a) Fighting with pirates.
(b) Falling from a ship's rigging.
(c) Fighting in the War of 1812.
(d) Whaling.

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

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

10. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" aspire to become?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Happy.
(c) Rich.
(d) Famous.

11. What causes Captain Delano to suspect Benito Cereno is an impostor?
(a) His bad manners.
(b) His weakness in command.
(c) His ignorance of seamanship.
(d) His confusion.

12. Why does the lightning rod salesman claim that his rods are superior?
(a) They're made of steel.
(b) They're made of magnesium.
(c) They're made of copper.
(d) They're made of iron.

13. Why does the narrator of "Jimmy Rose" refuse to change the wallpaper in his parlor?
(a) It reminds him of his childhood.
(b) It reminds him of better days.
(c) It reminds him of Jimmy Rose.
(d) It reminds him or a rose garden.

14. What was the disadvantage of building the piazza on the north side of the house?
(a) The north side has the narrowest view.
(b) The north side faces the neighbors.
(c) The north side faces the village.
(d) The north side is coldest.

15. What surprises Captain Delano when he first sees Benito Cereno's ship?
(a) The ship is in ill repair.
(b) The ship is bound for an uninhabited island.
(c) The ship is giving a distress signal.
(d) The ship doesn't fly the flag of any nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John Gentian take "liberties with etiquette"?

2. In "I and My Chimney," what is the narrator's wife's maxim?

3. What first attracts the narrator of "The Piazza" to a building far in the mountains?

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

5. Who finally persuaded the narrator of "I and My Chimney" to knock a few feet off the chimney?

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