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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the captain say he will have relieve him after his unprecedented watch alone?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The steward.
(d) The cook.

2. What bizarre, mysterious inquiry does the stranger make without being explicitly quoted in the text?
(a) Where is the sultan?
(b) What time is it?
(c) Where are we?
(d) Who am I?

3. To what innocent does the stranger relate his victim as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Abel.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) A peasant.
(d) Uriah.

4. How does Legatt try to defend himself when he is accused of murder?
(a) He has no defense.
(b) He tries to say that it was an accident.
(c) He tries to blame another person.
(d) He runs away.

5. How long has the captain been a captain?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Twelve weeks.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the captain go at the very end of Part I?

2. The mysterious stranger says he "felled" his victim like a what?

3. Who is the youngest man on board the ship?

4. In describing how he committed murder, at what time does the mysterious stranger say he and his victim were setting the sail?

5. What does Legatt tell the captain the person he murdered would do or not do?

(see the answer key)

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