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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the the American consul general of Tangier introduced?
(a) As a confident man.
(b) As a lonely man.
(c) As a man of prestige.
(d) As a wicked man.

2. What cultural customs thrive in Tangier?
(a) Bedouin.
(b) Moorish.
(c) Jewish.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

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

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

5. What is the first destination?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Mt. Ararat.
(c) Grand Caymans.
(d) The Azores.

6. Why does Twain say that the Moors are afraid of a certain country?
(a) Because of its superstitions.
(b) Because of its disregard for cats.
(c) Because of its dominance over the Moors.
(d) Because of its long history of warfare.

7. Who serves as mule attendants?
(a) Priests.
(b) Vagrants.
(c) Monks.
(d) Children.

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

9. Who once told the story of Pompeii?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Pliny the Elder.
(c) Pliny the Younger.
(d) Hector.

10. 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.

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

12. What does Twain say that Venice looks like?
(a) A contradiction in terms.
(b) A magnificent city of influence.
(c) A neglected poverty pit.
(d) A confusing, winding conundrum.

13. Twain says the color the gondolas are painted the color of ___________.
(a) Lust.
(b) Romance.
(c) Mourning.
(d) Royalty.

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

15. The excursionists are burned out on travel by the time they reach which Italian city?
(a) Venice.
(b) Milan.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the driver in Chapter 21 suck on for about an hour?

2. What does Twain love about Tangier?

3. To what site is the midnight excursion in Athens?

4. What is the name of the ship?

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

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