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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Twain in Florence when he gets lost and asks guards for directions?
(a) He can't understand their language.
(b) He is laughed at.
(c) He is given incorrect directions.
(d) He is arrested.

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

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

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

5. 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 Del Cane.
(c) Grotto De Madre.
(d) Grotto Montmartre.

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

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

8. What family financed Titian and Raphael?
(a) The Vanguards.
(b) The DiCalindi.
(c) The Medici.
(d) The de Gaulles.

9. What is the most common tour guide speech in Chapter 7 regarding?
(a) Mecca.
(b) The Queen's chair.
(c) Cabin fever.
(d) The Holy Land.

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

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

12. What is the one thing the travelers can do to be permitted to enter the mosque?
(a) If they enter on all fours.
(b) If they enter naked.
(c) If they learn a Moorish prayer.
(d) If they convert from Christianity to Islam.

13. What is the name of the tightrope walker introduced to Twain and the group?
(a) Pierre Abelard.
(b) Jardin Mabille.
(c) Count Luigi.
(d) Charles Blondind.

14. To what site is the midnight excursion in Athens?
(a) The Acropolis.
(b) The Oracle at Delphi.
(c) The Gate of Neptune.
(d) The Parthenon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Twain say that Venice looks like?

2. What decorates the vault beneath the small church in Rome?

3. Whose final resting place is highlighted in Chapter 15?

4. What cultural customs thrive in Tangier?

5. Who in France claim to be barbers?

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