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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. In Chapter 11, how far does Crusoe say that he is from the equinox?

2. In Chapter 4, when Crusoe returns from his second trip to the ship, what does he finding sitting on one of his chests?

3. How old is Crusoe in at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 9, what type of word does Crusoe use to make a pestle?

5. In Chapter 1, how many days after setting sail for London does the ship that Crusoe is on come into Yarmouth Roads?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dream does Crusoe have on June 27?

2. In Chapter 9, what process does Crusoe have to go through to make a sieve?

3. In Chapter 1, how does Crusoe describe his family?

4. How successful is Crusoe's first journey in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 4, how does Crusoe get up into the ship.

6. At the beginning of Chapter 11, how does Crusoe describe sitting down to dinner?

7. In Chapter 9, how does Crusoe describe his effort to make earthen vessels?

8. In Chapter 4, what does Crusoe do when he first gets onto the ship, and what does he find that is useful?

9. What does Crusoe notice at the beginning of Chapter 4 when he wakes?

10. In Chapter 4, what challenges does Crusoe face as he takes things from the ship to the shore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Crusoe is captured and made a slave, but he still makes plans to get slaves from Africa for his plantation. What are Crusoe’s views about slavery, and what do his views reveal about the attitude toward slavery in the seventeenth century? Are his view affected by his own experiences as a slave?

Essay Topic 2

Crusoe uses the natural resources on his island to survive. How does Crusoe use those natural resources, and what is Crusoe’s relationship with nature?

Essay Topic 3

Although Crusoe could give up and just die after he arrives on the island, he works hard to survive. How would you describe Crusoe’s survival instinct, and what do his actions reveal about the human desire to live?

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