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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 appears imminent for the two people?
(a) Passion.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Death.

2. With whom is Morgan traveling?
(a) Charlie Manson.
(b) Charlie Morgan.
(c) Charlie Melchett.
(d) Charlie McCartney.

3. Morgan's manner can be described as ____________.
(a) Polite.
(b) Rude.
(c) Passive.
(d) Aggressive.

4. What does Morgan learn is true when he is strolling on deck after midnight?
(a) There is a fire in a coal bunker.
(b) The captain has abandoned ship.
(c) The champagne is warm.
(d) There are no life boats.

5. In what year does the Prologue take place?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the subject of the painting Morgan puts in his stateroom?

2. What type of musician plays as the ship leaves Ireland?

3. What is the name of the journalist who had written a story about a ship sinking after striking an iceberg?

4. Morgan thinks that his uncle puts greater stock in _________ than in riches.

5. What do the women on the ship take as a bad omen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ship's docking at Queenstown, Ireland, and what happens there.

2. Who is McKinlay and what is his role?

3. What is observed about the narrator's demeanor from the Prologue?

4. What can be said about Morgan's personality and motivations?

5. What is the nature of the letter Morgan wants to write?

6. How does Morgan first learn that there may be a problem with the operations of the Titanic?

7. What do the two people in the Prologue do with each other?

8. What do Morgan and his companions talk about over dinner the first night on board?

9. What is known about Morgan from the Prologue?

10. Who is the tall, beautiful woman and what is the source of her distress?

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