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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the condition in which core temperature drops below the required temperature for normal metabolism and body functions?
(a) Thermoregulation
(b) Asphyxiation
(c) Hypothermia
(d) Insomnia

2. What is the point of view for the narrative of To Build a Fire?
(a) Fourth-person
(b) Third-person
(c) First-person
(d) Second-person

3. According to the narrator in Part IV, “The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after” what?
(a) Fifty below
(b) Fifteen below
(c) Thirty below
(d) 0 degrees

4. What thought puts the protagonist in a panic as he tries to light his second fire in Part V?
(a) The dog will eat him
(b) His feet are freezing
(c) He is losing his vision
(d) He is hearing voices

5. What does the protagonist use to ignite his fire in Part III?
(a) A magnifying glass
(b) A piece of flint
(c) A gun
(d) A match

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest?

2. According to the narrator in Part IV, the “wires were pretty well down between him and his” what?

3. Which word used to describe the protagonist in Part V means having or showing little or no emotion?

4. What refers to the decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a literary plot?

5. The narrator claims in Part I that fifty degrees below zero means what degrees of frost?

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