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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the captain feel when he is on deck with the crew, knowing Legatt is hiding below?
(a) All of these.
(b) He feels torn.
(c) It was trying to be on deck.
(d) He doesn't feel whole.

2. What does the steward do with the door to the captain's room after first visiting him in the morning?
(a) Breaks one of the hinges.
(b) Latches it shut.
(c) Hooks it open.
(d) Slams it.

3. To where does the captain initially send the mysterious man as the former's watch is drawing to a close?
(a) His stateroom.
(b) An empty cabin.
(c) The brig.
(d) The storeroom.

4. How long has the stranger been swimming?
(a) Since nine o'clock.
(b) Since ten o'clock.
(c) Since eight o'clock.
(d) Since eleven o'clock.

5. How does the captain remain through his entire conversation with the skipper?
(a) None of these.
(b) He remains unexcitable.
(c) He fakes curiousity.
(d) He pretends not to understand most of what the skipper says.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain retrieve for himself from below decks while on his watch?

2. What does the captain go below for the night they see a strange ship approaching?

3. What did Legatt do with the articles he removed while swimming in the sea?

4. What disturbs the captain's "comfort of quiet communion" with his ship at the story's beginning?

5. How did the captain react after Legatt's story?

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