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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. Where was the raft found that the survivors on the frigate constructed?
(a) Saharan coast.
(b) Egyptian coast.
(c) Malta.
(d) Cyprus.

2. What did an Armenian priest call Mount Ararat?
(a) Massis.
(b) Sippan Dagh.
(c) Toros.
(d) Nemrut.

3. How old was the cabin boy who fell through one of the fore portholes?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

4. How many men appear in Gericault's painting?
(a) 15.
(b) 26.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

5. Who published Lawrence's book about the Titanic?
(a) Harper Collins.
(b) Harper & Row.
(c) Doubleday.
(d) Houghton Mifflin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator when he writes "Parenthesis"?

2. What is remembered about William Huskisson?

3. Who painted "Burial of the Count of Orgaz"?

4. What language did the priest speak that the Kurd led Miss Logan to after they climbed down Mount Ararat?

5. Where was Jonah supposed to preach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

2. Why do Charlie and the crew have to hike into the jungle?

3. What did Amanda say about the practice of placing teeth in a crevice of the door of a church?

4. In Section II of Chapter 5, how is catastrophe turned into art?

5. What plan was devised when the frigate struck a reef at high tide?

6. What does Charlie learn about the words one of the Indians has been teaching him?

7. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

8. How is the woman's sleep sometimes broken and how does this affect the man in "Parenthesis"?

9. Describe the expedition to Senegal.

10. How would science explain the halo of cloud that appears around Mount Ararat?

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