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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bizarre, mysterious inquiry does the stranger make without being explicitly quoted in the text?
(a) Who am I?
(b) Where are we?
(c) What time is it?
(d) Where is the sultan?

2. What does the captain hear when he is below the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) The sound of the boat creaking.
(b) The sound of whispers.
(c) The sound of a small row boat approaching.
(d) The sound of his crew snoring.

3. Where does the captain go at the very end of Part I?
(a) The second mate's quarters.
(b) His stateroom.
(c) The deck.
(d) The dining room.

4. What does the captain cite as the chief mate's "dominant trait"?
(a) Earnest consideration of all things.
(b) Meddling in affairs not his own.
(c) Insincere appearance of consideration.
(d) Convoluted discourse on political matters.

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

6. What is the profession of the mysterious man's father?
(a) Parson.
(b) Trader.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Politician.

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

8. What sort of pagoda does the story's narrator see from just off the mouth of the river?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Paknam.
(c) Korean.
(d) Indian.

9. What does the captain go below for the night they see a strange ship approaching?
(a) A gun.
(b) A drink.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A book.

10. How did Legatt escape from his incarceration?
(a) The brig door was left unlocked.
(b) His cabin door was left unlocked.
(c) The captain's cabin door was left unlocked.
(d) The jail door was left unlocked.

11. The captain narrates that, after sharing his own story with the stranger, the two men face one another with identical what?
(a) Attitudes.
(b) Relief.
(c) Stares.
(d) Postures.

12. Where does the stranger say the skipper of the Sephora's wife is, presently?
(a) At the port in Cape Town.
(b) At home in London.
(c) On board the Sephora.
(d) On vacation on the Thai mainland.

13. How did the captain react after Legatt's story?
(a) None of these.
(b) He was clearly nervous.
(c) He was wondering what to do with Legatt.
(d) He remained calm.

14. Who is described as young, round-cheeked, quiet, and serious?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The captain.

15. What does Legatt tell the captain the person he murdered would do or not do?
(a) The person murdered wouldn't work.
(b) None of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) The person murdered wouldn't allow others to do their job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the crew members shout when they found Legatt?

2. What deity's name is used in the exclamation of the mysterious man on hearing that the narrator is the ship's captain?

3. What does the captain close after he and the stranger hear the noise overhead?

4. Where did the stranger first hide from those searching for him after he escaped the Sephora?

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

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