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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain bring Legatt as he boards the ship?
(a) His own sleeping clothes.
(b) A cup of coffee.
(c) One of the crew member's spare pair of pants.
(d) A blanket.

2. According to Legatt, who called for a "reefed foresail" aboard the Sephora?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The second mate.
(c) Legatt.
(d) The skipper.

3. How many people are on deck at the beginning of the story?
(a) One.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. What does the captain doubt when he finds Leggatt standing bolt upright in his room after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?
(a) The sanity of his mind.
(b) The reality of the world.
(c) Leggatt's bodily existence.
(d) The eyesight of the steward.

5. How did the boat get to its location at the beginning of the book?
(a) By tug boat.
(b) It sailed.
(c) None of these.
(d) It was built there at the port.

Short Answer Questions

1. What features does the captain notice about Legatt?

2. Until what time does the captain, in an unprecedented move, propose to take a watch himself?

3. What noise makes the captain start while Leggatt has a hold of his arm?

4. What position did the captain hold previously?

5. Which of the following does the captain not explicitly say is against him and his mysterious double?

(see the answer key)

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