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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first play Maryna sees as a child?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) Don Carlos.
(c) Othello
(d) A Doll House

2. From what play does Maryna quote upon her entrance to the celebration party in her honor?
(a) Othello.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Timmon of Athens.

3. What is the name of the ship the immigrants eventually take to Panama?
(a) The Germania.
(b) The Crescent City.
(c) The Colona.
(d) The Atlantic.

4. Who is Aniela?
(a) Piotr's baby sister.
(b) Piotr's cousin.
(c) A young acting student in America.
(d) A young servant girl in Maryna's employ.

5. Why does Maryna declare "you have waited so long."
(a) The performance ran late.
(b) She has been gone for a long time.
(c) Dinner was served after 11 pm.
(d) She is beginning to recite a poem.

6. What is the name of Maryna's personal assistant?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Katryna.
(c) Gabriela.
(d) Zophia.

7. What is the name of the boarder in Maryna's home who later becomes her husband?
(a) Michal Gorbechov.
(b) Heinrich Zalezowski.
(c) Henryk Simonzas.
(d) Alex Bordonivich.

8. What does Ryzsard hope to accomplish aboard the ocean liner?
(a) To write about the Americans he interviews.
(b) To learn to be a chef in the kitchen.
(c) To read War and Peace.
(d) To meet a woman to marry.

9. What book has Henryk given to Maryna as a farewell gift?
(a) The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
(b) Emiliy Dickenson's Poetry.
(c) Gone With the Wind.
(d) The Survival of the Fittest.

10. What is the name of the ship Maryna and her entourage are taking to California?
(a) Atlantic.
(b) Bremen.
(c) Donau.
(d) Germanic

11. At the celebration party, what language is being spoken by the guests?
(a) Russian.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Polish.
(d) Chinese.

12. For what newspaper is Ryzsard a correspondent?
(a) Gazeta Polska.
(b) The London Herald.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Gazeta Warsaw.

13. What year do the characters leave for Zakopane?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1902.

14. With which theatre does Maryna hold a life contract?
(a) The Polski Theatre in Krakow.
(b) The Count Skarbek Theatre in Lwow.
(c) The Wielki Theatre in Poznan.
(d) The Imperial Theatre in Warsaw.

15. What is the first word of Spanish Maryna learns?
(a) Cuaderno.
(b) Olvido.
(c) Albondigas.
(d) Cucaracha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man described as sitting on a couch writing in a notebook?

2. What character in Middlemarch does the narrator compare to Maryna?

3. Where is the celebration party taking place?

4. In her letter, what does Maryna identify as her one complaint about New York City?

5. Who cooks the meals in the commune?

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