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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 does Dr. Potter have to pick off his leg of mutton?

2. What does Jones say he has become?

3. What does Potter tell Myrtle that he is thankful that he is not?

4. What part of her body has Myrtle hurt?

5. What does the crew do with the dead bodies on the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Myrtle respond to George's death?

2. Why does Dr. Potter think Myrtle is an interesting subject as far as fate is concerned?

3. How does Potter ruin the dinner with the captains?

4. Describe the group's sea journey.

5. How does Jones help the photographer balance his photograph?

6. Explain the author's use of foreshadowing in the discussion about survival between Potter and Jones.

7. How does the man with the missing ear die?

8. How does Pompey prove he is in love with Myrtle?

9. Why does Jones describe himself as a circus animal?

10. What reason does Dr. Potter give Myrtle for marrying Beatrice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1850s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the play express the changes European society was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1850s Europe?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Myrtle's life:

1. George

2. Mrs. Hardy

3. Beatrice

4. Pompey Jones

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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