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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 do the travelers take from Ephesus as souvenirs?
(a) Icons.
(b) Pieces of ruins.
(c) Travel brochures.
(d) Religious medals.

2. What is the prevalent obstacle for the travelers throughout their journey?
(a) Roadblocks.
(b) Language.
(c) Bedouins.
(d) Beggars.

3. How does Twain look back on the trip?
(a) With regret.
(b) With excitement mixed with disappointment.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With admiration and longing.

4. What surprises Twain about the emperor and his family?
(a) Their friendliness.
(b) Their religiousness.
(c) Their richness.
(d) Their poverty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 41, where were the travelers originally planning to travel first?

2. What is the name of the ruin of the tall tower seen after the group leaves El Yuba Dam?

3. What is the name of the gate the travelers pass on their way out of Jerusalem?

4. What do the Spaniards do to Twain's newspaper journal when he asks them to mail it?

5. To what location are the travelers heading in Chapter 59?

Short Essay Questions

1. The group finally reaches Damascus. How do the citizens of Damascus feel about Christians and why?

2. Describe the chaos in Constantinople as seen by Twain.

3. Twain's caravan stops at a fountain for a rest period on its way to Damascus. What observation does Twain make at this fountain, and how does it make him feel?

4. The group takes a trip to the Egyptian pyramids. What is their reaction to the pyramids, and what object garners the most admiration from the travelers? How much do they admire this object?

5. The first place that the pilgrims want to visit in Jerusalem is the Holy Sepulcher. What is the draw of this location?

6. Despite many precautions, what disease does Twain contract, and what are his theories on how he contracted it?

7. What is it about Odessa that pleasantly surprises Twain and the other passengers?

8. Describe the actions of the group once the ship drops anchor in Egypt. Who ends up on the ship with them?

9. Twain and the group have, to this point, been surrounded by foreigners with nothing to gain from the group but their money. Their experience with the Russians is happily different. What happens to make the group feel this way?

10. Twain and his friends are sure they are going to run into problems finding enough provisions for their trip to Damascus. What happens while their are in Lebanon to change their minds?

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