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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Twain compliment the French?
(a) Their amazing architecture.
(b) Their impeccable customer service.
(c) Their beautiful language.
(d) Their fabulous cuisine.

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

3. How does Twain describe the streets of Genoa?
(a) Dirty and disgusting.
(b) Like caves.
(c) Like pig sties.
(d) Wide and open.

4. What is the first site seen in Rome?
(a) The Coliseum.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) St. Peter's.
(d) Solomon's Temple.

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

6. What is the judge's name in Twain's story?
(a) Michael.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Jonathan.

7. What is considered the most sought-out city of the excursion?
(a) Rome.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Athens.
(d) Paris.

8. What does the ship offer for entertainment?
(a) Cards.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Shuffleboard.
(d) Dominoes.

9. What are the more lively sources of entertainment offered on the ship?
(a) Mock trials.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Music.

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

11. What fact humiliates Twain in Chapter 23?
(a) That a "cultivated Negro" has more friends than he.
(b) That a "cultivated Negro" is more intelligent than he.
(c) That a "cultivated Negro" is richer than he.
(d) That a "cultivated Negro" is more famous than he.

12. What does the group see in Notre Dame?
(a) A bloody robe.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A vertebrae.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

13. What does Twain think about the people of Marseilles?
(a) They are very laid back.
(b) They are extremely stylish.
(c) Their breath smells funny.
(d) They are uncommonly snobbish.

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

15. How long is the time between registration and the event?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the church member's dying wish?

2. Whose legend does the carriage driver relate?

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

4. What happens to Twain in Florence when he gets lost and asks guards for directions?

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

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