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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 are the men facing in Part 2?

2. What do the men construct in Part 3 that yields immediate results?

3. How did the injured character sustain his injuries?

4. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?

5. What do the men realize when the water changes from gray to emerald green?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the correspondent different from the other three men?

2. What does the correspondent see when he wakes at the beginning of Part 7?

3. Describe the setting at the beginning of Part 5.

4. What role do the seagulls play in Part 2?

5. What are the four men about to do at the beginning of Part 5?

6. What do the men see as they row for their lives in Part 1?

7. Why is it important for the oiler and correspondent to retain their strength at the end of Part 6?

8. Why do the men's hopes not sink at the beginning of Part 4?

9. What story does the correspondent recall reading?

10. What does the correspondent see when he resurfaces after jumping from the boat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between the four men affect the story's plot?

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols (the sea, the lighthouse, the boat, etc.) used throughout the story to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the oiler being the only character who is named and the only character who dies?

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