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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alternative does the mysterious stranger weigh against boarding the narrator's ship?
(a) Sleeping on the rope ladder.
(b) Diving to the bottom of the gulf.
(c) Sinking from exhaustion.
(d) Strangling himself.

2. Through what straits did the stranger ask the captain of the Sephora to leave his door unlocked?
(a) The Sunda Straits.
(b) The Java Straits.
(c) The Angier Straits.
(d) The Gibraltar Straits.

3. Who says "I think I had come creeping quietly as near insanity as any man who has not actually gone over the border"?
(a) None of these.
(b) The captain.
(c) Legatt.
(d) The chief mate.

4. How does the skipper feel about Legatt?
(a) He says that he never did like him.
(b) He was one of his favorite officers.
(c) He says that he was not an outgoing person, but well-liked by him and the crew.
(d) He says that he was very fond of him.

5. Who is the captain referring to when he states, "Our hands met gropingly, lingered united in a steady, motionless clasp for a second...No word was breathed by either of us when they separated"?
(a) The hand shake between him and the second mate.
(b) The hand shake between him and the chief mate.
(c) None of these.
(d) The hand shake between him and Legatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What features does the captain notice about Legatt?

2. What does the narrator say is at his right hand at the beginning of the story?

3. How did Legatt escape from his incarceration?

4. What of the island is said to be towering over the ship when the captain opens his eyes?

5. What did the crew yell when they heard Legatt jump in the sea?

(see the answer key)

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