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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 9, Chapters 51-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Erasmus turn down the job?
(a) Because it would require him to move.
(b) Because he does not want to work.
(c) Because he wants to clear his father's debts on his own.
(d) Because he feels embarrassed.

2. What does the slave boy whom Paris accompanies purchase on shore?
(a) Books.
(b) A dog.
(c) A monkey.
(d) Necklaces.

3. Who offers Erasmus a job?
(a) His mother.
(b) Mr. Wolpert.
(c) Henry Adams.
(d) Thurso.

4. According to the narrator, why does Thurso decide to have a man flogged?
(a) He is vindictive.
(b) He is mentally ill.
(c) To serve as a lesson to the rest.
(d) He is delirious.

5. Who finds a surgeon on board the ship unnecessary?
(a) Wolpert.
(b) Paris.
(c) Thurso.
(d) Kemp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erasmus find when he goes to find his father?

2. What industry does Erasmus vow to go into in order to restore his father's name?

3. Which of the following is Paris not found guilty of having committed in the final part of the book?

4. Who meets at the bottom of an old barge?

5. Who hires a private investigator in Book One, Part Three?

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