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

2. On the crew, who is the "odd ball" or the odd man out?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The engineer.
(c) The captain.
(d) The chief mate.

3. What is to the left of the door in the captain's stateroom?
(a) A bed.
(b) A desk.
(c) A couch.
(d) A coatrack.

4. Until what time does the captain, in an unprecedented move, propose to take a watch himself?
(a) Eleven at night.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Three in the morning.
(d) One in the morning.

5. What prompts the captain's first words to the mysterious man beside his ship?
(a) Anger.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?

2. What does the captain tell his steward to do while the former takes a bath?

3. Since what time does the mysterious man claim to have been in the water?

4. For how long has the captain been in command at the start of the tale?

5. What does the captain reflect to himself is the soul of discipline while walking aft on his watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. It is clear what purpose the captain serves in Legatt's life. What purpose does Legatt serve the captain?

3. How does the captain describe the chief mate's confusion over the presence of a scorpion?

4. What does the captain discover about the stranger upon first speaking with him in the stateroom?

5. What induces a state of self-possession in the captain while he faces the mysterious man in the water?

6. Trace the outlines of the captain's plan for Leggatt's escape from the ship.

7. How does the unnamed captain comport himself towards the Sephora's skipper?

8. How does the chief mate react to the perilous situation of the ship, and what does the captain do to him?

9. How does the chief mate of the unnamed ship refer discretely to his strange new captain, and for what reason?

10. How was the murder incited, as the stranger relates it?

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