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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

2. Who is the four men's only company in Part 5?

3. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?

4. What is the cook doing in Part 5?

5. What provides light for the men in Part 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main themes in this story (false hope, man versus nature, etc.) and detail its recurrences throughout the story. What does it add to the story? How does it affect the difference characters?

Essay Topic 2

How can Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" be read as an antithesis to Darwinism?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the four men. How are their relationships with nature similar and different?

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