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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 | Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heloise is sent to where?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Lyons.
(c) A convent.
(d) Montmartre.

2. What is the name of the ship?
(a) Quaker City.
(b) Bon Voyage.
(c) Broken Promises.
(d) Samuel Clemens.

3. For what does the advertisement in the beginning of the story encourage people to register?
(a) The best tutor available in the United States.
(b) The Christmas census.
(c) The lottery of a lifetime.
(d) The great pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land.

4. What does Twain love about Tangier?
(a) Its foreignness.
(b) Its climate.
(c) Its name.
(d) Its women.

5. Why can't the travelers enter the Moorish mosque?
(a) Only people from Tangier are permitted.
(b) Only single Jewish people can enter.
(c) It is closed.
(d) Christians are forbidden to cross the threshold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why wouldn't Heloise marry Abelard?

2. What is the first site the group visits in Chapter 14?

3. What is the name of the tightrope walker introduced to Twain and the group?

4. What does Twain find mundane about Gibraltar?

5. What are the more lively sources of entertainment offered on the ship?

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