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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the tour guide in Chapter 35 called famous?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) He has been a tour guide since he was three.
(c) He is listed in all the popular travel books.
(d) He saved an important tourist from execution.

2. What is the first disappointing tourist attraction the group visits in Turkey?
(a) The shrine at Constantinople.
(b) The mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud.
(c) The mosque at St. Sophia.
(d) Istanbul.

3. Who do the travelers invite onto the ship to teach them the proper way to act when presented to the Emperor?
(a) The town apothecary.
(b) Odessa's oldest citizen.
(c) The emperor's adviser.
(d) The Odessa consul.

4. What is the group looking for in Magdala?
(a) The Holy Sepluchre.
(b) The house of Mary Magdalene.
(c) The "true" cross.
(d) A modern-day prophet.

5. When Paul got to Damascus, he was approached by whom?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) The spirit of Jesus.
(c) A blind man.
(d) A crippled man.

6. Where do the travelers decide to go in Chapter 55, even though their trip is supposed to be over?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Jericho.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) The Dead Sea.

7. What do the travelers do once they reach the River Jordan?
(a) Say a prayer.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Drink the water.
(d) Go swimming.

8. What time do the guards wake the travelers to start the trip to Jordan?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

9. What does the marble slab inside the Church of Holy Sepulcher guard?
(a) The Stone Bench.
(b) The Holy Sepulchre.
(c) The Stone of Unction.
(d) The Cross of Christ.

10. Where does the group set up camp in Nazareth?
(a) Near the American consulate.
(b) Near Jesus' birthplace.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Near the Virgin Mary's Fountain.

11. What does Twain call Palestine?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) The prince of dismal scenery.
(c) The blessing of the country.
(d) The king of kind citizenry.

12. According to Twain, what is wrong with the coffee on the ship?
(a) It is too weak.
(b) It is awful.
(c) It tastes like dirt.
(d) It is an unlikely color.

13. What mode of transportation do the travelers use in Egypt?
(a) Camel.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Horse.

14. What were the people who were taken aboard the ship in Chapter 57 fleeing?
(a) Jaffa.
(b) Colonization.
(c) Religious persecution.
(d) Slavery.

15. What is the best thing to see in Smyrna?
(a) Mount Pegus.
(b) Polycarp's tomb.
(c) One of the Seven Apocalyptic Churches.
(d) Ephesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the travelers take from Ephesus as souvenirs?

2. What does Twain claim made him sick?

3. What has Twain completely befuddled in Chapter 36?

4. What did the preachers on board the ship tell young Jack that turtles will do in Chapter 47?

5. Where does the caravan to Damascus stop for a rest period?

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