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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paris ask to use in Book One, Part Three, Chapter 16?
(a) A fishing pole.
(b) The sickbay.
(c) A Bible.
(d) The oven.

2. Where is the play in Book One, Part One, rehearsed?
(a) Aboard the ship.
(b) At the Wolperts' home.
(c) In an old schoolhouse.
(d) In an abandoned theater.

3. Who takes possible slaves aboard the ship?
(a) Thurso.
(b) King Henry Cook.
(c) Kemp.
(d) Adams.

4. With whom is Erasmus obsessed?
(a) Charles.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Paris.
(d) His father.

5. Who does the cast not seem to like much?
(a) Kemp.
(b) Adams.
(c) Paris.
(d) Thurso.

6. Who has severe seasickness?
(a) Saul Thurso.
(b) Luther Sawdust.
(c) Daniel Calley.
(d) Paris.

7. Who asks Paris to be part of the ship's crew?
(a) Mr. Kemp.
(b) Mr. Wolpert.
(c) Mr. Thurso.
(d) Mr. Paris.

8. Whom of the following is not a member of the Ship's crew?
(a) Sawdust.
(b) Barton.
(c) Haines.
(d) Simmonds.

9. Who is Erasmus' cousin?
(a) Luther Sawdust.
(b) Sarah Wolpert.
(c) Saul Thurso.
(d) Matthew Paris.

10. What instrument does Sullivan play?
(a) The accordian.
(b) The fiddle.
(c) The piano.
(d) The guitar.

11. To whom does Paris speak through his journal?
(a) His son.
(b) God.
(c) His wife.
(d) Himself.

12. Who is in charge of the men who were tricked to be part of the crew?
(a) Thurso and Calley.
(b) Hughes and Cavana.
(c) Paris and Kemp.
(d) Driver and Deakin.

13. To whom does Paris write a letter?
(a) His dead wife.
(b) William Kemp.
(c) The Bishop of Norwich.
(d) Charles.

14. Who raises his hand to the boatswain?
(a) Daniel Calley.
(b) James Wilson.
(c) Saul Thurso.
(d) Matthew Paris.

15. What two things are built in Book One, Part One, Chapter Eight?
(a) Paris' confidence and his family.
(b) Erasmus' love and the Ship.
(c) Thurso's collection of books and the Ship.
(d) The Ship and Kemp's wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds a surgeon on board the ship unnecessary?

2. Which part in the play does Erasmus take?

3. What does Paris do while the crew is busy with preparations?

4. Who is asked to quit the play?

5. Where is the inn where Paris spends his last night on shore?

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