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The Secret Sharer | Quiz

Joseph Conrad
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The Secret Sharer | Quiz

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1)

Where does the stranger say the skipper of the Sephora's wife is, presently? (from Part 1)

At the port in Cape Town.
On vacation on the Thai mainland.
At home in London.
On board the Sephora.
2)

Next to what mythological place is Erebus, to which the captain relates the situation of his ship, located according to the proper myth? (from Part 2)

Valhalla.
Hades.
Olympus.
Naraka.
3)

How long was the last spell of the stranger's swim to the unnamed ship? (from Part 1)

Over a mile.
A hundred yards.
Over two miles.
Eight hundred feet.
4)

Where did the stranger first hide from those searching for him after he escaped the Sephora? (from Part 1)

On the tugboat.
Under the Sephora.
On the unnamed ship.
The nearest islet.
5)

What word best describes the weather over the recent evening? (from Part 1)

Sweltering.
Chilly.
Calm.
Breezy.
6)

Where do the two captains speak to one another at the beginning of Part 2? (from Part 2)

The stateroom.
The saloon.
On deck.
On the quarter-deck.
7)

Whom does the captain tell the second mate to fetch when the ship is drawing near to the island? (from Part 2)

The helmsman.
The carpenter.
The steward.
The chief mate.
8)

What white object does the captain see floating on the sea? (from Part 2)

A shirt.
A piece of paper.
His hat.
A body.
9)

What does the captain say to the Sephora's skipper is the cause of his being hard of hearing? (from Part 2)

Gunfire.
Birth defect.
A swimming accident.
Disease.
10)

At what does the stranger stare through the porthole while relating his tale to the captain? (from Part 1)

An islet.
The Sephora.
Nothing.
A star.
11)

What does the captain doubt when he finds Leggatt standing bolt upright in his room after the incident with the steward on the fourth day? (from Part 2)

The sanity of his mind.
The reality of the world.
The eyesight of the steward.
Leggatt's bodily existence.
12)

What does the skipper of the Sephora say he will have to report to his owners concerning Leggatt? (from Part 2)

Suicide.
Escape of a murderer.
Murder.
Mutiny.
13)

At what time does the captain sit on his couch? (from Part 1)

2 am.
3 am.
9 am.
5 am.
14)

Who has the watch when the captain comes back on deck after giving the rough outline of his plan to Leggatt? (from Part 2)

The second mate.
An old deck hand.
The helmsman.
The chief mate.
15)

How does the stranger report having made his clothes sink? (from Part 1)

By diving with them and tying them to a rock.
By tearing them.
By pushing them under with a long pole.
By wrapping them up with a stone.
16)

From where does most of Leggatt's food come while on the journey? (from Part 2)

The captain's tins.
Fish from the gulf.
Dinner's leftovers.
The pantry.
17)

Roughly how far off the island does the captain plan to steer his ship in order that Leggatt may disembark? (from Part 2)

Half a mile.
Two hundred yards.
One mile.
A quarter mile.
18)

What order does Leggatt claim the Sephora's skipper never gave but claimed to have given to the captain of the unnamed ship? (from Part 2)

To search for Leggatt.
To pull in the topsail.
To set the reefed foresail.
To unhand the murder victim.
19)

What does the captain try to ram on the head of Leggatt in the dark of the sail locker? (from Part 2)

A tall hat.
A floppy hat
A knotted rope.
A black skull cap.
20)

What does the captain swing and wait helplessly after crying "Hard alee"? (from Part 2)

The keel.
The mainyard.
The wheel.
A loose rope.
21)

What color are the skipper of the Sephora's eyes? (from Part 2)

Night black.
Green as the sea.
Gray as rainclouds.
Smeary blue.
22)

What does the captain narrate as having dangerously abandoned him after the ship has started moving? (from Part 2)

Unconscious alertness.
Forethought.
Self-consciousness.
Precaution.
23)

To whom is the Sephora's skipper anxious to give up his former first mate? (from Part 2)

The natives.
Anyone.
The law.
The sea.
24)

The captain says that the threat of Leggatt's discovery by the steward hangs like what? (from Part 2)

The headsman's axe.
A guillotine.
A sword overhead.
Ugly stormclouds.
25)

How far is the Sephora from the nearest real land when the stranger is relating his story to the captain? (from Part 1)

Five miles.
Eight miles.
Two miles.
Six miles.
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