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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 word best describes the weather over the recent evening?
(a) Sweltering.
(b) Breezy.
(c) Chilly.
(d) Calm.
2. What was thoughtfully given to the ship by the provision merchant?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Flowers.
3. What does the captain discover when he tries to pull the rope ladder up?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) It's too heavy to pull up.
(c) Both of these.
(d) It's broken.
4. How many days has the Sephora been gone from her previous port, according to the second mate?
(a) 92.
(b) 123.
(c) 354.
(d) 178.
5. Who is the youngest member of the crew?
(a) The engineer.
(b) The captain.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The second mate.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the chief mate notably wearing when the captain decides he must show himself on deck?
2. What duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?
3. In what Gulf is the narrator's ship anchored at the story's beginning?
4. What features does the captain notice about Legatt?
5. What does the captain remark on as he takes Legatt below the ship?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the captain narratively describe the tensions and arousal of the Sephora's skipper's distrust, after the latter posits his ship being at least seven miles offshore?
2. How does the captain describe the skipper at the beginning of part two? How does he feel about the skipper?
3. How do Legatt and the captain communicate with each other? Why?
4. What is the captain consumed with once on deck the morning after Legatt comes on board? What does the author use this to demonstrate?
5. To what conclusion does the captain's mind first leap when he sees the naked body in the water, and why?
6. What happened to Legatt as a result of the murder he is accused of committing? Does the author give any indication that this is out of the ordinary? Why or why not?
7. What example of dual personification does the author give in the captain's character?
8. What most strongly fascinates the captain about the stranger?
9. How does the captain describe the situation in which he first finds himself truly in command of the ship?
10. What characterizes the actions of the stranger at the end of the first part?
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