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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the boat comparable to in size?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A sofa.
(d) A house.

2. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?
(a) The waves.
(b) The small size of their boat.
(c) Being where they are.
(d) The storm.

3. What does the captain remind the other men?
(a) That they are nearly out of food.
(b) That they must rest.
(c) That they are going to die.
(d) That they will reach the shore.

4. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?
(a) One oar each.
(b) Two oars each.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The men share both oars.

5. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?
(a) By making them hungry.
(b) The seaweed does not taunt the men.
(c) By reminding them of their impending deaths.
(d) By reminding them that the shore is far away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?

2. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?

3. What do the waves threaten to do?

4. Who is present at the opening of the novel?

5. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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