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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Twain finally find pretty foreign women?
2. What decorates the vault beneath the small church in Rome?
3. What is the first site seen in Rome?
4. Why wouldn't Heloise marry Abelard?
5. How does Twain describe the streets of Genoa?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the scene with the kid gloves. What do you think bothers Twain the most about this situation?
3. Compare/contrast Versailles with Faubourg St. Antoine.
4. 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?
5. Twain is a bit contradictory in his opinions of the French. Outline Twain's opinions and theorize why he might feel that way.
6. Compare/contrast Twain's first opinion of Venice to his opinion after he arrives at the Grand Canal.
7. On a visit to the Capuchin Convent, the group is led into a vault decorated with the bones of ancient deceased monks. What is it about this vault that so fascinates Twain?
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. Venice seems to bring out a flurry of emotions in Twain. He is at first disappointed then excited, and in Chapter 23, eventually bored. Why is Twain eventually bored?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the tour through Jerusalem. What do you believe were highlights to Twain? What do you believe were lowlights? After the excitement built throughout the trip, do you think he is pleased, sorely disappointed, or somewhere in between? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Twain is a travel writer at this point. Does his writing style strike you as that of a travel writer? Why or why not? Do you think he is fair and impartial with each location he visits? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Recall Twain's reaction to the statue of a man without skin in Milan. What was his reaction to the statue? What triggered that reaction? What kind of trauma could be suffered by a boy of the age Twain was when he snuck into his father's office when exposed to what he was exposed to at that point? How do you think it affected Twain, given his personality as an adult?
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