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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. How many soldiers were on the frigate?
(a) 115.
(b) 120.
(c) 97.
(d) 131.

2. After how many days did some of the survivors who stayed on the frigate decide to strike out on a raft?
(a) 29 days.
(b) 42 days.
(c) 54 days.
(d) 33 days.

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

4. Why is Charlie recognized at the airport in Caracas?
(a) Because of a movie he filmed.
(b) Because of a soap opera he acted in.
(c) Because of a game show he had hosted.
(d) Because of a song he recorded.

5. Who was the ma who was rumored to make it to the top of Mount Ararat?
(a) Dr. Martin Raven.
(b) Dr. Friedrich Parrot.
(c) Dr. David Dove.
(d) Dr. Paul Pigeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a painting created about the shipwreck of the Medusa?

2. How old was the cabin boy who fell through one of the fore portholes?

3. How many days and nights was Jonah inside the whale?

4. Where was the raft found that the survivors on the frigate constructed?

5. How many passengers were allowed to disembark in Cuba?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Armenian priest defend himself when Amanda doubted that the amulet he offered to sell was from the ark?

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

3. How were the survivors on the raft finally rescued?

4. What is the storyline based upon of the movie Charlie is acting in?

5. What did Colonel Fergusson take Amanda to see in 1821?

6. What effects did James Bartley suffer from being swallowed by a whale?

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

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

9. Describe the Monastery of Saint James.

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

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