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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Maryna rush back to Krakow to see?
(a) Bogdan's mother.
(b) Her brother Stefan who is dying.
(c) Her mother and father.
(d) Her sister Jozefina who is ill.

2. What is the name of the hotel in which Julian and Ryszard stay in New York City?
(a) St Regis Hotel.
(b) Plaza Hotel.
(c) Browns Hotel.
(d) Central Hotel.

3. In her letter, what does Maryna identify as her one complaint about New York City?
(a) The heat.
(b) The theatre.
(c) The crime.
(d) The Indians.

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

5. What book does the young woman from Philadelphia show Ryszard?
(a) Her baby book.
(b) Her bible.
(c) Her autograph book.
(d) Her copy of David Copperfield.

6. What was the name of one of the articles Ryszard sent to the Gazetta Polska?
(a) American Architecture.
(b) American Folkways.
(c) American Motors.
(d) American Manners.

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

8. Who makes the first toast to Maryna at dinner?
(a) The writer.
(b) The critic.
(c) The husband.
(d) The doctor.

9. Of what do Maryna and Henryk speak the day after her performance?
(a) Paradise and will.
(b) Depression and fatalism.
(c) Past and future.
(d) Love and marriage.

10. Where is the celebration dinner party after Maryna's performance?
(a) Hotel California.
(b) Hotel Krakow.
(c) Hotel Saski.
(d) Hotel Sushi.

11. What happens on the ship to draw Maryna's attention away from her introspection?
(a) Bogdan disappears.
(b) The ship hits a rock.
(c) The captain asks her to dance.
(d) A man falls overboard.

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

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

14. What Shakespearean play is Maryna reciting at dinner?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) As You Like It.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who erected the Centennial Fountain?

2. What does Ryzsard hope to accomplish aboard the ocean liner?

3. At the celebration party, what language is being spoken by the guests?

4. What is the name of Maryna's personal assistant?

5. In what theatre does Maryna normally perform?

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