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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tarzan give Jane when it is time to sleep?
2. What do the men from the ship do after they kill the false captain?
3. How many French soldiers were killed in the attack by the black warriors?
4. What does Tarzan bring Jane when he settles her on a grassy spot?
5. What do Tarzan and Jane do immediately after Tarzan kills Terkoz?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tarzan do for Jane for the night and what does he find out about his locket?
2. How does Tarzan rescue Jane?
3. What does Jane do as Tarzan carries her into the jungle, what does Tarzan think about humans and mating and what does he bring Jane?
4. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where are the Professor and Mr. Philander, what are they doing and why is Tarzan laughing at them?
5. What does the Professor suggest to the captain and what is the outcome of that suggestion?
6. How does it happen that Tarzan ends up leaving Jane to Clayton?
7. What does D'Arnot find out about Tarzan’s parents and what does Tarzan say about it?
8. What does Tarzan see as he watches the ship from a different vantage point than the cabin?
9. What does Tarzan think as he watches the burial of the Greystokes and what does the Professor say about his treasure after the burial?
10. What does Tarzan feel when he reads his two letters and what does he find out in the letters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Tarzan of the Apes is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?
Essay Topic 2
Burroughs’ books reflect the era in which he lived. He is conservative and his portrayal of women, blacks, and lower class people startle the modern reader. Discuss what appears to be Burroughs opinion of women, blacks and lower class people and compare these opinions to modern thinking. Use examples from the book to support your response.
Essay Topic 3
The Burroughs books are escapist literature in many senses, for not only do they provide a means of escape from the harsh, real but they also celebrate an escape from the world of conventional and superficial restriction into a world of freedom and action. Discuss, in depth what is meant by the above statement. Use examples from the book to support your response.
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