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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Paris to be part of the ship's crew?
(a) Mr. Thurso.
(b) Mr. Paris.
(c) Mr. Kemp.
(d) Mr. Wolpert.

2. How many workers are killed on the Ship while it is being built?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven..
(c) None.
(d) Two.

3. How long has Erasmus known Sarah?
(a) About ten years.
(b) One week.
(c) About two years.
(d) Most of his life.

4. Who reveals her interest in Erasmus?
(a) Mrs. Adams.
(b) Mrs. Wolpert.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ms. Kemp.

5. What is the name of the play rehearsed in this story?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) The Enchanted Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems satisfied by the deaths that take place on the Ship in Book One, Part One?

2. Who does Erasmus confront in Book One, Part Four?

3. Who signed both Paris' medical license and prison sentence?

4. Who is discovered to be struggling financially in Book One, Part Four?

5. Why does Blair go to a bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does the mantra "when we are married" have in Book One, Part Four?

2. What good results from the slaves going aboard the ship, according to the narrator in Book One, Part Four?

3. What does Erasmus see in town after he gets lost?

4. Which three characters share a toast in Book One and why do they share it?

5. Why does Thurso not want his crew members to mistreat any of the men on the Ship right away?

6. Why does Thurso have James Wilson flogged?

7. How does Erasmus' role in the play reflect aspects of himself in real life?

8. Describe what happens in Book One, Part One, when Erasmus gets to the Wolperts' home.

9. Is Erasmus allowed to propose to Sarah? What happens afterward?

10. Why is the title of the play rehearsed on the Wolpert property appropriate?

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