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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the engineer who collapses from a heart attack aboard the Patna?
(a) George.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Steven.
(d) Max.

2. How many lifeboats are on the Patna before the incident under inquiry occurs?
(a) 22.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

3. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?
(a) They are sad.
(b) They are furious.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are curious.

4. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) One month.

5. What does Jim ask Marlow to do as a favor in regard to his newly found position with the ship-chandlers?
(a) Write him a letter of recommendation.
(b) Explain the circumstances of Jim's past.
(c) Send the court inquiry's findings.
(d) Apologize to Marlow's friend for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what are the passengers doing?

2. As the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what does Jim notice off in the distance?

3. Why can the Patna's captain and his fellow ship abandoners not free their lifeboat?

4. Where is Jim when the captain and the drunken man are fighting?

5. On Marlow's next trip to the region where Jim is working with the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow learn?

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