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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders the sail made again in Part 6?

2. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?

3. Who is the only person awake in Part 5?

4. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?

5. What is the cook doing in Part 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" be read as an antithesis to Darwinism?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the four men. How are their relationships with nature similar and different?

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