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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the captain walk at the very end of the story?
(a) His stateroom.
(b) The quarter-deck.
(c) The taffrail.
(d) The bow.

2. Who is the "secret sharer"?
(a) Fate.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) Leggatt.
(d) The sea.

3. What does the captain narrate as having dangerously abandoned him after the ship has started moving?
(a) Forethought.
(b) Precaution.
(c) Self-consciousness.
(d) Unconscious alertness.

4. How far from the mainland does the Sephora's skipper estimate his ship is anchored in Part 2?
(a) Seven miles.
(b) Five miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Eight miles.

5. In what book does the captain say exists the "chapter of accidents"?
(a) The book of success.
(b) The book of tragedy.
(c) The book of fate.
(d) The book of life and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the captain take the ship after agreeing that Legatt should leave?

2. To what innocent does the stranger relate his victim as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?

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

4. How did Legatt escape from his incarceration?

5. What does the captain eat at breakfast?

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