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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the ruin of the tall tower seen after the group leaves El Yuba Dam?
(a) Mt. Pegus.
(b) Baniyas.
(c) Polycarp's tomb.
(d) Tower of Babel.

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

5. 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.

6. Where does the ship land after a long time at sea in Chapter 60?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Manila.
(c) Bermuda.
(d) The Grand Caymans.

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

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

9. Where do the travelers swim?
(a) The Sea of Galilee.
(b) The hotel pool.
(c) An oasis in the desert.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tour guide in Chapter 35?

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

3. To where are the colonists who have boarded the ship in Chapter 57 going to be taken?

4. What did the travelers rename Temin el Foka for ease of pronunciation?

5. What legend does Twain relate in Chapter 40?

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