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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How do the travelers enter the Mosque of Omar?
(a) By a rock tunnel.
(b) By a secret passageway.
(c) By the door.
(d) By a baksheesh.

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

5. What is Twain given in Smyrna that he puts under his hat?
(a) A bone from a martyr.
(b) A slab of beef jerky.
(c) A little wax candle.
(d) A tiny crucifix.

6. How much did the boat driver want to take the group on a tour of the body of water in which they are swimming?
(a) $13.
(b) $100.
(c) $8.
(d) $40.

7. What offends Twain at the end of the story?
(a) None of the other passengers acknowledges him.
(b) The newspaper declines to run his article.
(c) The photo the newspaper uses is very old.
(d) His treatment by the Egyptians.

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

9. From whom do the travelers need protection on their way to Galilee?
(a) The Hessians.
(b) The Bedouins.
(c) The Taborians.
(d) The Black Horsemen.

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

11. How is the population of Jerusalem described?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Religious.
(c) Crowded.
(d) Sparse.

12. What temples do the travelers visit in Baalbek?
(a) The Temple of the Sun and the Temple of Jupiter.
(b) The Temple of the Moon and the Temple of Jupiter.
(c) The Temple of the Moon and the Temple of Mars.
(d) The Temple of the Sun and the Temple of Mars.

13. What tourist attraction does the group visit in Egypt?
(a) Temple of Luxor.
(b) The Lighthouse of Alexandria.
(c) The Egyptian pyramids.
(d) Necropolis of Saqqara.

14. Twain was quite taken with a girl in what city?
(a) Ephesus.
(b) El Amin.
(c) Magdala.
(d) Yalta.

15. Who is guarding the boys in Chapter 49?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) A tall Arab.
(c) Several children.
(d) Local police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the pilgrims hand out in Magdala?

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

3. What surprises Twain about the emperor and his family?

4. What appears to be the emperor's weakness?

5. What adjective does Twain use to describe Magdala?

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