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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has hired the guard to protect the Americans on their trip to Galilee?
(a) The Emperor of Russia.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The Sheikh of Tiberius.
(d) The monks of the local convent.

2. What does Turkey allow that Twain finds immoral?
(a) Drinking heavily.
(b) Smoking from an apparatus.
(c) Bigamy.
(d) Selling young girls at auction.

3. How old is the emperor's daughter?
(a) 43.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 27.

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

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

6. What is the name of the bare hill in Shechem?
(a) The Mount of Curses.
(b) The Mount of Poverty.
(c) The Hill of Poverty.
(d) The Hill of Curses.

7. What did the preachers on board the ship tell young Jack that turtles will do in Chapter 47?
(a) Sing.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Talk.
(d) Run.

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

9. What is the name of Twain's horse in Chapter 42?
(a) Silver.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Frog.
(d) Jericho.

10. What does the group rename the city of Ain Mellahah?
(a) Broken Branch.
(b) Jacksonville
(c) Twainstown.
(d) Baldwinsville.

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

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

13. Twain says that everything is now measured in __________ instead of __________.
(a) Time; miles.
(b) Inches; miles.
(c) Days; hours.
(d) Dollars; dimes.

14. What city is said to be the boyhood home of Jesus?
(a) Bethlehem.
(b) Galilee.
(c) Nazareth.
(d) Damascus.

15. What did the travelers rename Temin el Foka for ease of pronunciation?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Telefork.
(c) Travelworld.
(d) Fork 'em.

Short Answer Questions

1. The travelers find themselves in the mountains of what area in Chapter 41?

2. What is the first disappointing tourist attraction the group visits in Turkey?

3. Who is a famous ancient person who had a part in the history of Ephesus?

4. What does the marble slab inside the Church of Holy Sepulcher guard?

5. What do the travelers find on a hill high over the sea in Smyrna?

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