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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. How long does Tex suffer through the diet exercise?
2. What is the expedition party's last collecting stop?
3. How can the crew's dining activities be best described?
4. On Easter Sunday, despite facing difficulties collecting specimens, Steinbeck and Ricketts are able to catch a significant marine life - what is it?
5. Which statement best describes Puerto Refugio?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the expedition party's experience with their camera equipment. What happens with the equipment and what resolutions are derived from their experience?
2. At the port city of Laredo, the members of the expedition team serve as merriment to the local girls. Speculate on the reasons on why this is so and give probable explanations to this happening.
3. Discuss the theories and examples presented by members of the expedition team on how persistence of beliefs of mind can overcome actual reality.
4. How do the members of the expedition party pass the night of March 29? What discussions are happening and what are the revelations of this night?
5. Discuss on Steinbeck's theory on how relaxation and laziness can lead to greater productivity.
6. Discuss Steinbeck's theory on how a harsh environment makes survivors out of its inhabitants, and how he came to this train of thought.
7. Describe the strange experience the group has with the Americans and the Mexicans they encounter in Angeles Bay.
8. What does the expedition party encounter at the port of Guaymas? Explain their reactions to the situation.
9. It is mentioned that Tex is getting married and therefore should be watching his weight very keenly. Speculate on Tex's marriage. Why did he agree to sail even when he is getting married? Why can't he stay on a diet to look good on his wedding day?
10. Discuss Steinbeck's lamentations on the briefness of their expedition, and how he wished that they have brought full-sized aquariums.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tony, the captain, loves the rightness of all things and abhors wrongness. Do you subscribe to his beliefs, or do you think Tony is an unrealistic idealist? Cite specific examples in the book when Tony's beliefs became helpful. Cite also specific examples in the book when Tony's beliefs did more harm than good.
Essay Topic 2
The story ends with the Western Flyer heading back to its point of origin. Steinbeck notes that they do not fully understand everything that they have experienced, and will surely take time for them to do so. Explain what Steinbeck means with this statement. What does he mean when he says "new way of thinking, living and being"?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the concept of teleological and non-teleological thinking in your own words. Cite specific instances in the book when a particular character has displayed either of the two types of thought. Give examples of the two types of thought in religion, politics, child-rearing, and even health.
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