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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. What are the more lively sources of entertainment offered on the ship?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Music.
(d) Mock trials.

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

3. What happens to Twain in Florence when he gets lost and asks guards for directions?
(a) He is laughed at.
(b) He can't understand their language.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is given incorrect directions.

4. What great battle takes place in Chapter 17?
(a) World War II.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) A battle between the English sailors and American crewmen.

5. To what does Twain compare Rome at the end of Chapter 28?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A spectacular museum.
(d) A candy store.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the the American consul general of Tangier introduced?

2. When does the judge finally complain in Twain's story?

3. Who once told the story of Pompeii?

4. To what does Twain compare the St. Peter's maintenance men?

5. What is the name of the renowned burial ground for romantically famous people in France?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After their visit to Versailles, the travelers return to find that a "great battle" has taken place on the ship, and they have missed the events. What was the battle about, and who were the participants?

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

5. Twain has not been very complimentary to the cities/countries he has visited so far, and Italy is doomed to the same fate so far in Chapter 20. He lumps Italy with the other disappointments he has experienced up until that time. What indication does Twain give that he is unhappy with Italy?

6. Venice is a city of many stories and legends. Describe the legend of the patron saint of Venice, St. Mark.

7. Twain accompanies his group to the Coliseum. As he watches them scrabble for pieces of the huge building, he finds a playbill where a woman invites a man on a secret date. Why is this piece of trash more interesting to Twain than the souvenirs his friends seek?

8. What particularly gruesome item is the group confronted with when it visits the Cathedral of Milan? How does Twain react to this artifact and why?

9. Twain and his friends finally reach France. However, their first stop, Marseille, is fraught with problems. What are some of these problems? Do you think that some or all of these problems could have been avoided? Why or why not?

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

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