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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the stranger see that he decided to swim towards?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The unnamed ship's riding light.
(c) The outline of a mast.
(d) A waxing moon low in the sky.

2. Which crew member comes from the Sephora?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) None of them.
(d) The second mate.

3. What was thoughtfully given to the ship by the provision merchant?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Liquor.

4. Where does the captain find the ship's rope ladder?
(a) None of these.
(b) Over the front of the ship.
(c) Over the side of the ship.
(d) Over the back of the ship.

5. What does the captain set to fixing as a repair of the breached discipline on his ship while on his watch?
(a) The poorly coiled aft ropes.
(b) The rope ladder.
(c) The precise height of the mast-flag.
(d) The foremast's rigging.

Short Answer Questions

1. After focusing his eyes on the body at the end of the rope ladder, what does the captain notice?

2. To what infamous killer does the stranger relate himself as in the thoughts of the skipper's wife?

3. What order does the captain give to his second when the latter comes on deck?

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

5. Upon what do the hands of both the captain and the strange man rest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the captain comes in contact with the chief mate on deck the morning after Legatt comes on board? Why does he feel this way?

2. What is indicated about the captain by his preference of silence and solitude?

3. How is the reader introduced to the Sephora? Is there any indication of the importance of the ship in the beginning of the story?

4. When does the captain put their escape plan into place? What does he do? What reaction does this produce from the crew?

5. What does Legatt say about his last moments in the water before finding the captain's ship?

6. What does the captain find the night he is alone on deck? How does the author describe this?

7. For what reason might it be, as the captain claims near the end of Part I, that being conscious of his divided mind is worse than being mad?

8. What characterizes the account of the stranger's escape from the Sephora to the unnamed ship?

9. How does the captain describe the situation in which he first finds himself truly in command of the ship?

10. What thoughts dominate the mind of the captain when the steward brings his wet coat into the stateroom?

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