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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Brook Farm?
(a) A chicken farm not far from Zakopane.
(b) The neighboring land.
(c) A colony in New England in America.
(d) A commune in Canada.

2. Who slaps Maryna across the face?
(a) Her husband, Bogdan.
(b) Her rival, Gabriela Ebert.
(c) Her son, Piotr.
(d) Her sister, Gasla Zoven.

3. What does Maryna declare at the end of Chapter One?
(a) "I am too old to be a good actress any longer."
(b) "I am muddleheaded and tired of acting."
(c) "I am hungry and confused."
(d) "I yearn for a better life."

4. Where is the celebration party taking place?
(a) In a mansion.
(b) In an embassy.
(c) In a private home.
(d) In a hotel.

5. Who does Ryszard meet at a bar in a brothel?
(a) An author who wrote for the New York Times.
(b) An author who wrote The Communistic Societies of the United States.
(c) An author who works for the London Times.
(d) An author who wrote The Streets of New York.

6. What character in Middlemarch does the narrator compare to Maryna?
(a) Dorothea Brooke.
(b) Mary Garth.
(c) Mrs. Dollop.
(d) Celia Chettam.

7. Who does the dinner conversation center around?
(a) Praise for the sumptuous meal.
(b) Praise for Winston Churchill.
(c) Praise for the Polish king.
(d) Praise for Maryna's performance.

8. In what theatre does Maryna normally perform?
(a) The Orpheum Theatre of Rome.
(b) The Majestic Theatre of Paris.
(c) The Krakow Theatre of Poland.
(d) The Imperial Theatre of Warsaw.

9. Where did Bogdan and Maryana dine on their night out alone in New York City?
(a) Ruth's Chris.
(b) Delmonico's.
(c) Kreis'.
(d) The Plaza.

10. Why does the captain of the ship ask Ryszard not to go to the steerage section again?
(a) Julian asked the captian to forbid Ryszard from going anymore.
(b) It is against the law to wander below the main deck.
(c) People below complained to the captain.
(d) The people there might have contageous diseases.

11. What is the name of the ship sailing to America?
(a) SS Minnow.
(b) SS Atlantic.
(c) SS Germanic.
(d) SS Queen Mary.

12. Who is the man described as sitting on a couch writing in a notebook?
(a) Henryk.
(b) Bogdan.
(c) Ryszard.
(d) Piotr,

13. When does Maryna first meet Bogdan's grandmother?
(a) In 1870 when she and Bogdan are to be wed.
(b) In 1930 when she and Bogdan are to be wed.
(c) In 1840 when Piotr is first born.
(d) In 1915 when they all leave for America.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what newspaper is Ryzsard a correspondent?

2. What news does Tadeusz receive in Krakow?

3. Who is Krystyna?

4. What is the name of the ship the immigrants eventually take to Panama?

5. Where is the celebration dinner party after Maryna's performance?

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