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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The editorial ended with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks did present a slight danger to man.
(b) Sharks did not present a danger to man.
(c) Man did present a danger to sharks.
(d) Sharks did present a significant danger to man.

2. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) There has been no evidence.
(b) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(c) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.
(d) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.

3. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(b) They were talking to boys.
(c) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.
(d) They were going on dates.

4. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Millions.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

5. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.
(a) $100.
(b) $50.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?

2. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.

3. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.

4. What rumors were rampant?

5. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.

(see the answer key)

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