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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men feel about the results gained from constructing the sail?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Angry.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Pleased.

2. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) The sun.
(c) Land.
(d) The waves.

3. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?
(a) That they are an illusion.
(b) That saving them is hopeless.
(c) That they are simply out for sport.
(d) That they are already dead.

4. What curls over the men?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The rough wind.
(c) Mountain-sized waves.
(d) A warm blanket.

5. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?
(a) They will die.
(b) They will have to swim to shore.
(c) Someone will come with a lifeboat.
(d) Someone will swim out to sea to rescue them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?

2. What determines the gravity of a situation?

3. Who loses concept of time?

4. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?

5. What idea seems optimistic at best?

(see the answer key)

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