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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes close to discovering Legatt?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The steward.
(d) The ship's cook.

2. What feeling is the captain afraid of putting to the test while speaking with the Sephora's skipper?
(a) Radical independence.
(b) Identity with Leggatt.
(c) Tolerance of fools.
(d) Strangeness of being captain.

3. What does the captain eat at breakfast?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A hard-boiled egg.
(c) Toast with jam.
(d) A biscuit.

4. What does the captain point out as the skipper's main characteristic?
(a) "Spiritless tenacity".
(b) "Stupendous tenacity."
(c) "Spiteful tenacity".
(d) "Spiritful tenacity".

5. Who states "It's a great satisfaction to have got somebody to understand. You seem to have been there in purpose"?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) Legatt.
(c) The skipper.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hour does the captain instruct the chief mate to put the ship round after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?

2. What does the captain narrate as being "not barren of ingenious suggestions" while speaking with the Sephora's skipper?

3. What does the captain mention after his meeting with the officers on board the ship?

4. To whom is the Sephora's skipper anxious to give up his former first mate?

5. For how many years does the skipper of the Sephora claim to have been at sea?

(see the answer key)

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