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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After traveling throughout the land with a famous Dutch traveler, where does Stein eventually make his home?
(a) Celebes.
(b) Greece.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Athens.

2. 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 furious.
(b) They are curious.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are sad.

3. As the captain is trying to free the lifeboat and abandon his ship, what does Jim notice off in the distance?
(a) An approaching ship.
(b) An approaching raft.
(c) An approaching squall.
(d) An approaching shark.

4. As the captain and the drunken man are fighting, what happens to the ship?
(a) The ship catches on fire.
(b) The ship's engines fail.
(c) The ship runs across something.
(d) The ship's sails go slack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Frenchman speaking to Marlow, what does one not die from?

2. What is the name of the nautical assessor who is presiding over the inquiry and who captains a steel steamer?

3. How many days do the four crew members sail on the passing steamer before the steamer reaches port?

4. How long does Jim's sailing training last?

5. When Jim finally comes into the room from the balcony, what does Jim ask Marlow for?

(see the answer key)

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