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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the captain's name?
(a) Charles.
(b) Joseph.
(c) His name is never stated.
(d) Frank.

3. Where does the captain sit at his breakfast table?
(a) The head.
(b) The center starboard.
(c) The foot.
(d) The center port.

4. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?
(a) Vlad the Impaler.
(b) Cain.
(c) David.
(d) Brutus.

5. What does the captain yell over the side of the ship, down the ladder to the body below?
(a) "What's the matter?"
(b) "Who's there?"
(c) "Ahoy!"
(d) "What's going on?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternative does the mysterious stranger weigh against boarding the narrator's ship?

2. Where is the chief mate's ink well located?

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

4. What is to the left of the door in the captain's stateroom?

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

(see the answer key)

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