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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 did Amanda give as payment for a place to stay in Arghuri?

2. How many people lived in the town that Jonah went to preach to according to Barnes?

3. What is the name of Charlie's agent?

4. Where did Lawrence Beesley go to college?

5. How many soldiers were on the frigate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who finally agreed to take passengers from the St. Louis?

2. In Section II of Chapter 5, how is catastrophe turned into art?

3. What is different about the way the couple sleeps in "Parenthesis"?

4. What effects did James Bartley suffer from being swallowed by a whale?

5. What were the thoughts of the fifteen who remained on the raft when they saw a butterfly?

6. What did Colonel Fergusson take Amanda to see in 1821?

7. When a violent storm blew up while Jonah was traveling by ship, how did the mariners decide that Jonah was the cause of the storm?

8. What is the storyline based upon of the movie Charlie is acting in?

9. What does the the narrator wish to celebrate instead of 1492 and why?

10. What does Charlie learn about the words one of the Indians has been teaching him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Stowaway," the narrator states that many species were lost forever after the flood. Discuss the reasons why certain species became extinct after the flood.

Essay Topic 2

The story about the Ark told in Chapter 1 is quite different from traditional stories told about the Ark. Compare and contrast the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark and the story told in Chapter 1.

Essay Topic 3

A painting by Theodore Gericault is reprinted and discussed in "Shipwreck." Discuss Gericault's painting and compare the history of the painting to the information about the painting told in the novel.

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