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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 30, what adjectives does Twain use to describe Naples from up close?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Immoral.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Disgusting.

2. What does the driver in Chapter 21 suck on for about an hour?
(a) A mint.
(b) A cigar stub.
(c) A grass blade.
(d) His pinkie finger.

3. Twain is sick of whom in Chapter 27?
(a) Michelangelo.
(b) His cabinmate.
(c) The British judge.
(d) St. Germaine.

4. What holiday is celebrated aboard the ship?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Independence Day.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter.

5. What French location does Twain refuse to describe for fear of not doing it justice?
(a) Montmartre.
(b) Bois de Boulogne.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) Tuileries.

6. Of what country does Twain say the Moors are afraid?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.

7. Why wouldn't Heloise marry Abelard?
(a) She was afraid of him.
(b) She didn't love him.
(c) She thought he was already married.
(d) She didn't want to ruin his career.

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

9. Whose legend does the carriage driver relate?
(a) Count Leonardo Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.
(b) Count Lorenzo Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.
(c) Count Lucio Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.
(d) Count Luigi Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.

10. What does Twain imply the advertising program says?
(a) Too much to be useful.
(b) Glorious, glamorous goofiness.
(c) Everything that needs to be said.
(d) Nothing of any substance.

11. When does Twain's first positive impression of Venice take place?
(a) When they enter the Grand Canal.
(b) The first moment they step into the city.
(c) When they get on the gondola.
(d) After a nap.

12. To what does Twain compare Como Lake?
(a) Loch Ness.
(b) Lake of the Ozarks.
(c) Lake Tahoe.
(d) Lake Ponchatrain.

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

14. What is the problem with the bartender in the bar advertising "ALL MANNER OF AMERICAN DRINKS ARTISTICALLY PREPARED HERE"?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He can't understand the group's American colloquialisms.
(c) He is deaf.
(d) He can't make a single American drink.

15. What are the forms of transportation used in the first destination?
(a) Wheeled carts, pack mules, and one's own head.
(b) Donkeys and one's own head.
(c) Wheeled carts and motorbuses.
(d) Horses and pack mules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first site seen in Rome?

2. Why can't the travelers enter the Moorish mosque?

3. What is the name of the group's guide through Paris?

4. Why is the gondola ride a letdown?

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

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