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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the smoking apparatus handed to Twain in Turkey?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Pipe.
(c) Bong.
(d) Narghile.

2. What has Twain completely befuddled in Chapter 36?
(a) The Russian newspaper.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) The time changes.
(d) His cabinmate's rambling conversation.

3. The travelers find themselves in the mountains of what area in Chapter 41?
(a) Temin el Foka.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Ephesus.
(d) Baalbek.

4. Where does the caravan to Damascus stop for a rest period?
(a) An oasis in the middle of the desert.
(b) A fountain.
(c) A broken down hunting cabin.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

5. What adjective does Twain give to the houses in Jerusalem?
(a) Bumpy.
(b) Small.
(c) Tight.
(d) Knobby.

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

7. What is the name of the fertile hill in Shechem?
(a) The Hill of Plenty.
(b) The Mount of Blessings.
(c) The Mount of Plenty.
(d) The Hill of Blessings.

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

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

10. Whose tomb does Twain visit on his journey to Baalbek?
(a) Noah's.
(b) Joshua's.
(c) Moses'.
(d) Adam's.

11. How many people go ashore in Spain, even though they are under quarantine?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

12. What is the name of the tour guide in Chapter 35?
(a) Moses Faraway.
(b) Russia Moses.
(c) Faraway Moses.
(d) Moses McDonald.

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

14. What does Twain claim made him sick?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Drinking tainted water in Athens.
(c) Bathing in the common bathhouses.
(d) Eating unlimited amounts of snow.

15. Who do the travelers drop in on to say hello while they are in Odessa?
(a) The local apothecary.
(b) Odessa's oldest citizen.
(c) The emperor.
(d) The city's lothario.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Twain see the handkerchief of St. Veronica?

2. What adjective does Twain use to describe Magdala?

3. What is Twain given in Smyrna that he puts under his hat?

4. What is the prevalent obstacle for the travelers throughout their journey?

5. Who do the travelers invite onto the ship to teach them the proper way to act when presented to the Emperor?

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