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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

2. In regards to the shark, what does the correspondent think he would not do in different circumstances?
(a) Love the shark.
(b) Be jealous of the shark
(c) Curse the sea.
(d) Fear the shark.

3. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) So that the oiler and the correspondent can sleep at the same time.
(b) The makeshift sail is not made again.
(c) Because the men are bored and need something to do.
(d) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.

4. Who orders the sail made again in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

5. Who replaces the correspondent on the rowing seat in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) No one.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose nature is naturally more cynical than the others'?

2. Who died in the story recalled in Part 6?

3. What do the men use as a mast?

4. Who rows with the correspondent?

5. In Part 5, who does the correspondent wish would wake up?

(see the answer key)

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