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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain retrieve for himself from below decks while on his watch?
(a) A pair of slippers.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A compass.

2. How long was the last spell of the stranger's swim to the unnamed ship?
(a) A hundred yards.
(b) Over a mile.
(c) Over two miles.
(d) Eight hundred feet.

3. What is to the left of the door in the captain's stateroom?
(a) A coatrack.
(b) A desk.
(c) A couch.
(d) A bed.

4. According to Legatt, who called for a "reefed foresail" aboard the Sephora?
(a) The skipper.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The second mate.
(d) Legatt.

5. Where does the captain go at the very end of Part I?
(a) The deck.
(b) His stateroom.
(c) The second mate's quarters.
(d) The dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain hear under the poop deck?

2. In what Gulf is the narrator's ship anchored at the story's beginning?

3. Which of the following is the antonym of the word "leeward" as the captain uses in his narration to describe the side of the ship to which he walks after leaving Leggatt for the last time?

4. To what does the captain walk at the very end of the story?

5. At what does the stranger stare through the porthole while relating his tale to the captain?

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