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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 duty does the captain fulfill the night he sends the crew to sleep?
(a) He keeps watch over the anchor.
(b) He keeps watch over the ship's direction.
(c) None of these.
(d) He watches for iceburgs.

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

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

4. Who attempts to figure out the size and purpose of the Sephora during the officers meeting with the captain?
(a) The second mate.
(b) None of these.
(c) The chief mate.
(d) The engineer.

5. What sort of sail were the mysterious stranger and his victim setting when the murder occurred?
(a) A mainsail.
(b) A spinnaker.
(c) A reefed foresail.
(d) A mizensail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the previous occupation of the mysterious man?

2. From whom did the second mate receive his information regarding the Sephora?

3. What does the captain cite as the chief mate's "dominant trait"?

4. For how long did the Sephora drift about Carimata?

5. Where was Legatt swimming when he began swimming toward the captain's ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does the captain issue his order for all hands to go to sleep while he himself takes the watch alone?

2. Briefly, how does the narrator describe the setting of the Gulf of Siam, in which the story opens?

3. Why does Leggatt say that it is wonderful the captain understands his plight and desires?

4. What does the captain demonstrate about his own character through his "polite insistence" in showing the Sephora's captain the entirety of his ship?

5. What does the stranger take advantage of in the captain's stateroom?

6. What has contributed to the "pitiless obligation" under which the skipper of the Sephora operates?

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

8. What characterizes the attitudes of the crew as their captain evidently leads them towards an idiotic doom?

9. How did the murder Legatt is accused of happen? Does the author give any indication that Legatt is innocent?

10. What are the initial thoughts of the captain concerning Leggatt when he enters his stateroom after the incident with the steward on the fourth day of traveling?

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