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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which cities does Twain admit not even taking notes?
(a) Rome and Pistoia.
(b) Milan and Venice.
(c) Bologna and Venice.
(d) Bologna and Pistoia.

2. What does Twain always have to ask for at the hotels in France?
(a) A bar of soap.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A pillow.
(d) An extra key.

3. What is the name of the cave in which it is said that dogs go to sleep and never wake up?
(a) Grotto Montmartre.
(b) Grotto Del Cane.
(c) Grotto De Madre.
(d) Grotto Del Annunciation.

4. What obstacle faces the group as they try to enter Athens?
(a) They cannot find food.
(b) They cannot speak the language.
(c) They cannot find a tour guide.
(d) The ship is quarantined for 11 days.

5. What happens to most of the ship's passengers in Chapter 29?
(a) They are quarantined.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) They are sent before the captain.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

6. Where does the midnight excursion mentioned in Chapter 29 begin?
(a) The city of Annunciation.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) The dock outside the ship.
(d) On an abandoned wharf.

7. What is the first site the group visits in Chapter 14?
(a) Palace at Versailles.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Champs-Élysées.
(d) The Louvre.

8. Whose final resting place is highlighted in Chapter 15?
(a) Jim Morrison's.
(b) Charles de Gaulle's.
(c) Romeo's and Juliet's.
(d) Abelard's and Heloise's.

9. How are the ship's passengers described in Chapter 2?
(a) Elegant and refined.
(b) Long in the tooth.
(c) Excited, confused, and full of chaos.
(d) Anxious and uncomfortable.

10. What item interests Twain most in Rome after visiting the Coliseum?
(a) A da Vinci painting.
(b) An article about a playbill.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) A monk's cell.

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

12. Due to Italy's tenuous financial state, Twain is confused by its what?
(a) Expensive roadways.
(b) Expensive railways.
(c) Elaborate roadways.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

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

14. What is the name of the massive display that the group views in Paris?
(a) The Exhibition de France.
(b) The International Exhibition.
(c) The Golden Spirit Exhibition.
(d) The Grande Parisian Exhibition.

15. Who in France claim to be barbers?
(a) Pharmacists.
(b) Cobblers.
(c) Wig makers.
(d) Physicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What great battle takes place in Chapter 17?

2. What happened to Pompeii to make it a point of interest?

3. What does Twain think about the people of Marseilles?

4. For what does the advertisement in the beginning of the story encourage people to register?

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

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