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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Sir John ask the Goulds to help him?
(a) Convincing landowners to let him lay down a rail track
(b) Finding a sponsor for his railway
(c) Transporting rail part from Britain and America
(d) Obtaining a business visa

2. In what part of Europe does Mrs. Gould discover true peasantry?
(a) Western Europe
(b) Southern Europe
(c) Eastern Europe
(d) Nothern Europe

3. Who does Gould have to send a decree to to build villages near the mine?
(a) Minister of the Interior
(b) The President
(c) The Ambassador
(d) The Minister of Foreign Affairs

4. What kind of articles does Decoud write for Europeans?
(a) About art
(b) About Costaguana
(c) About literature
(d) About America

5. Who arrives at the hotel to stop the rioters?
(a) Nostromo
(b) Joseph Mitchell
(c) Garraldi
(d) Napolean

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Decoud manage to offend everyone?

2. What is the name of what the author calls the insignificant cape?

3. What nationality is Nostromo?

4. Which character calls Mrs. Gould the "never tired Senora"?

5. What are the names of the small islands?

(see the answer key)

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