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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man Jim makes eye contact with during the inquiry trial?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Elliot.
(c) Marlow.
(d) Ruthvel.

2. Where is the ship that finds the Patna registered?
(a) France.
(b) Australia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Canada.

3. What is the name of the principal shipping master?
(a) John Elliot.
(b) Robert Marlow.
(c) Archie Ruthvel.
(d) Harry Gustav.

4. Over breakfast, where do Stein and Marlow decide that Jim should go to live?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Patusan.
(d) Athens.

5. When the police finally catch up to the Patna's chief engineer, what is the chief engineer raving about?
(a) Icebergs.
(b) Pink frogs.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Dead passengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brothers does Jim have?

2. While the captain and the other two men discuss what their "story" will be, what job is assigned to Jim?

3. How many quartermasters does the captain of the rescuing ship send on board the Patna?

4. What order does Jim receive from the captain when the captain stops fighting with the drunken man?

5. Where does Jim learn his sailing skills?

Short Essay Questions

1. After attacking Sherif Ali's compound, the men only engage in hand-to-hand combat for five minutes. Why?

2. According to Jim, why can he never go home again?

3. When Marlow finds Jim leaning over the parapet of the quay after returning from his business meeting, how does Marlow describe Jim?

4. Why is Tamb' Itam reluctant to carry out Jim's orders to pursue Brown?

5. As Marlow prepares to return to the "real world", what does he know for sure?

6. How does Marlow describe the situation in Patusan that Jim will be going into the midst of?

7. What is the court ruling that results from the inquiry?

8. What is the main difference between how Brown's life and how Jim's life have turned out?

9. Why does Jim not regret being left behind when the cutter of boys is launched to rescue the crew members of the stricken schooner?

10. Describe Cornelius and his character.

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