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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 is the one thing the travelers can do to be permitted to enter the mosque?
(a) If they enter on all fours.
(b) If they learn a Moorish prayer.
(c) If they convert from Christianity to Islam.
(d) If they enter naked.

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

3. What about the French can Twain not tolerate?
(a) Their insistence on quick meals.
(b) Their lack of hygiene.
(c) Their rudeness.
(d) Their broken English.

4. What is the name of the massive display that the group views in Paris?
(a) The International Exhibition.
(b) The Golden Spirit Exhibition.
(c) The Grande Parisian Exhibition.
(d) The Exhibition de France.

5. What is the name of the ship?
(a) Samuel Clemens.
(b) Bon Voyage.
(c) Quaker City.
(d) Broken Promises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the group see in Notre Dame?

2. What is the first destination?

3. What happens to most of the ship's passengers in Chapter 29?

4. What does Twain always have to ask for at the hotels in France?

5. What does the ship offer for entertainment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Stuck waiting in the tiny town of Annunciation, Twain and his companions decide to attend the theater to see a famous singer perform. What happens at the performance? What does this event do for Twain's opinion of the people who have attended?

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

3. Twain feels intellectually and culturally insecure in Venice. Describe why a tour guide furthers these insecurities.

4. In Chapter 2, Twain's excitement about the trip is abundantly clear. He visits the registration office frequently for numerous reasons. Do you think his excitement is only because of the upcoming journey, or do you think there are other factors?

5. Twain has a moment of questioned faith in Chapter 6. What inspires this questioning? Is he questioning his faith or the object? Why does he question at all?

6. In Chapter 13, the group hires a tour guide to show them famous sites. Despite being tasked with this duty, the guide seems more interested in obtaining money by taking the tourists shopping and earning a commission. He even manages to keep them from making the Louvre before closing. What does this say about the tour guides in Paris, and how might this affect the group's hiring of other tour guides in the future?

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. 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?

9. What is the legend associated with the Grotto Del Cane? From what event did this legend arise?

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

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