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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chief mate tells the second mate, after the captain puts the ship on the other tack, that such a move is a great want of what?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Judgment.

2. The narrator says that only the sky and the sea will be ________to the voyage and task of he and his crew.
(a) Spectators and judges.
(b) Judicators.
(c) Spectators.
(d) Judges and friends.

3. What is to the left of the door in the captain's stateroom?
(a) A coatrack.
(b) A desk.
(c) A bed.
(d) A couch.

4. Who does the captain tell "to let all hands turn in without setting an anchor watch" the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The deck hand.
(d) The chief mate.

5. What does the captain say will prevent him from filing a report on Legatt's situation on the Sephora?
(a) If the skipper pardons Legatt.
(b) If the skipper confesses to the murder.
(c) If the skipper pays him six gold coins.
(d) If the skipper finds Legatt alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain point out as the skipper's main characteristic?

2. What does the steward bring into the captain's quarters to finish drying on the fourth day out?

3. When was the order given for a "reefed foresail"?

4. What was the previous occupation of the mysterious man?

5. In what activity is the steward engaged when the captain goes below decks after the departure of the Sephora's skipper?

(see the answer key)

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