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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the ship offer for entertainment?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Dominoes.
(c) Shuffleboard.
(d) Cards.
2. What obstacle faces the group as they try to enter Athens?
(a) They cannot find food.
(b) The ship is quarantined for 11 days.
(c) They cannot speak the language.
(d) They cannot find a tour guide.
3. What did young Mark Twain discover upon sneaking into his father's office?
(a) A stray dog.
(b) A revealing document.
(c) A dead body.
(d) His father's affair.
4. Who once told the story of Pompeii?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Pliny the Younger.
(c) Pliny the Elder.
(d) Hector.
5. To what site is the midnight excursion in Athens?
(a) The Gate of Neptune.
(b) The Acropolis.
(c) The Oracle at Delphi.
(d) The Parthenon.
6. What is the problem with the bartender in the bar advertising "ALL MANNER OF AMERICAN DRINKS ARTISTICALLY PREPARED HERE"?
(a) He can't understand the group's American colloquialisms.
(b) He can't make a single American drink.
(c) He is deaf.
(d) He is blind.
7. What about the French can Twain not tolerate?
(a) Their rudeness.
(b) Their lack of hygiene.
(c) Their insistence on quick meals.
(d) Their broken English.
8. What is the name of the massive display that the group views in Paris?
(a) The Exhibition de France.
(b) The Grande Parisian Exhibition.
(c) The Golden Spirit Exhibition.
(d) The International Exhibition.
9. What is the name of the cave in which it is said that dogs go to sleep and never wake up?
(a) Grotto Del Annunciation.
(b) Grotto De Madre.
(c) Grotto Montmartre.
(d) Grotto Del Cane.
10. What happens to Twain in Florence when he gets lost and asks guards for directions?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is given incorrect directions.
(c) He is laughed at.
(d) He can't understand their language.
11. What cultural customs thrive in Tangier?
(a) Bedouin.
(b) Moorish.
(c) Jewish.
(d) All of the answers are correct.
12. Who in France claim to be barbers?
(a) Pharmacists.
(b) Cobblers.
(c) Wig makers.
(d) Physicians.
13. Due to Italy's tenuous financial state, Twain is confused by its what?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Expensive roadways.
(c) Elaborate roadways.
(d) Expensive railways.
14. How is the the American consul general of Tangier introduced?
(a) As a wicked man.
(b) As a man of prestige.
(c) As a lonely man.
(d) As a confident man.
15. What great battle takes place in Chapter 17?
(a) World War II.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) A battle between the English sailors and American crewmen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the ship?
2. What is the most common tour guide speech in Chapter 7 regarding?
3. What French location does Twain refuse to describe for fear of not doing it justice?
4. Heloise is sent to where?
5. What is the name of the tightrope walker introduced to Twain and the group?
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