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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Twain's observation, what was Minister Harris's platform built on?
(a) Showmanship and pretense.
(b) Showmanship with no pretense.
(c) Neither showmanship nor pretense.
(d) Pretense with no showmanship.

2. What was Twain's opinion of the efforts to restore the palace in chapter 11?
(a) He thought it should have been done a long time ago.
(b) He thought it was a lost cause.
(c) He thought it was a worthwhile cause.
(d) He thought it could only be done under the right circumstances.

3. What did Twain say the king of Hawaii stopped doing in order to embrace the responsibility of leadership?
(a) Drinking and smoking.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Drinking, smoking, and lying.
(d) Smoking.

4. What products did Twain consider the profits of in chapter 10?
(a) Whalebone and whale meat.
(b) Oil and whalebone.
(c) Oil and whale meat.
(d) Oil, whalebone, and whale meat.

5. Who did Twain give credit for taming the market?
(a) The church, but not the government.
(b) Neither the church nor the government.
(c) The government, but not the church.
(d) The church and government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cargo was aboard the Hornet when it first departed?

2. Based on the updated information Twain provides in chapter 15, how many survivors were there of the burned clipper ship, the Hornet?

3. How did Twain describe Captain Mitchell in chapter 15?

4. What differences in Honolulu and San Francisco did Twain observe in chapter 4?

5. Out of the several hundred greeters Twain described, how many were "half-naked"?

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