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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. While held prisoner, what item do the captors bring to Jim to fix?
(a) A clock.
(b) A claim.
(c) A sledge.
(d) A sail.

2. How long does Jim's sailing training last?
(a) Twelve months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Eighteen months.

3. What does Jim feel he can obtain by going to the place suggested by Stein and Marlow?
(a) A young wife.
(b) A clean slate.
(c) A servant boy.
(d) A fine home.

4. How much time elapses between when the ship has its accident and when Jim finds himself at the official inquiry into the incident?
(a) Ten days.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three months.

5. How many passengers are on the Patna before the incident under inquiry occurs?
(a) 800 people.
(b) 570 people.
(c) 425 people.
(d) 50 people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman Jim falls in love with?

2. Once the survivors arrive in port, where does the captain immediately go?

3. Over breakfast, where do Stein and Marlow decide that Jim should go to live?

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

5. Where is Stein born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Marlow insists Jim take something with him on his journey. What is the object and why does the gift not work out as Marlow intends?

2. When Jewel claims Jim is false, she is told by another person that she is mistaken. What does this person claim?

3. How do the chiefs react to Jim's deal with Brown and what do the chiefs decide to do?

4. The attack on Sherif Ali's compound became one story in the many legends of Lord Jim. Describe how the legend would be told and what feats were credited to Jim.

5. As Jim reads the letter that Marlow has written for him and wants him to take with him, what does Jim realize?

6. Marlow is amazed that Jim drinks the coffee offered to him by Allang. Why is Marlow amazed and how does Jim respond?

7. What does Brown realize when he and Jim first meet?

8. After successfully landing on the shore, why is Brown simply playing along with Kassim?

9. What are the rumors that are circulating amongst the villagers after Dain Waris' camp has been attacked?

10. After Marlow shares the example of Jim's worst incident of simply getting up and fleeing because of his past, what does Marlow confide that Jim was most dismayed by?

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