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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose legend does the carriage driver relate?
(a) Count Leonardo Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.
(b) Count Lorenzo Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.
(c) Count Lucio Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.
(d) Count Luigi Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova.

2. What obstacle faces the group as they try to enter Athens?
(a) They cannot speak the language.
(b) They cannot find food.
(c) They cannot find a tour guide.
(d) The ship is quarantined for 11 days.

3. What does the group see in Notre Dame?
(a) A bloody robe.
(b) A vertebrae.
(c) A bullet.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

4. What fact humiliates Twain in Chapter 23?
(a) That a "cultivated Negro" is more famous than he.
(b) That a "cultivated Negro" has more friends than he.
(c) That a "cultivated Negro" is more intelligent than he.
(d) That a "cultivated Negro" is richer than he.

5. For what does Twain compliment the French?
(a) Their amazing architecture.
(b) Their impeccable customer service.
(c) Their beautiful language.
(d) Their fabulous cuisine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the passengers of the ship track Twain's progress when he sneaks ashore in Athens?

2. Due to Italy's tenuous financial state, Twain is confused by its what?

3. Of what country does Twain say the Moors are afraid?

4. What is the name of the tightrope walker introduced to Twain and the group?

5. What are the great attractions in Genoa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mark Twain chooses to insert some of his well-known humor in his story about the group's capers in Athens. What purpose do you think the humor has in this chapter?

2. Twain's first exposure to another people is when he lands in the Azores Islands. He listens to the people speaking Portuguese and scoffs at the many beggars. What is his first impression of the people of the Azores, and why do you think he feels the way he does about them?

3. We are introduced to a character called the Oracle. How did he earn this moniker? How do Twain and his shipmates feel about this man?

4. What impresses Twain about St. Peter's?

5. Describe Twain's experience at Bois de Boulogne. Compare/contrast this experience with Twain's overall experience in France.

6. Why does Twain use an advertisement, rather than his own words, to describe the grand excursion?

7. Describe the scene with the kid gloves. What do you think bothers Twain the most about this situation?

8. Compare/contrast Twain's first opinion of Venice to his opinion after he arrives at the Grand Canal.

9. Describe Twain's Parisian quest and its result.

10. The ancient city of Pompeii was buried under an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Twain imagines what the lives of the people of Pompeii must have been like and wonders whether U.S. history would be correctly reported if something similar occurred in the United States. What do you think prompts Twain to wonder such a thing?

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