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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the chief mate find in his ink well?
2. Back on the top deck, the night they see a strange ship approaching, how does the captain describe the atmosphere?
3. What was the content of the first cry from the crew concerning the stranger's intention in diving off the ship?
4. What gives Legatt a sense of relief when he is swimming?
5. The mysterious stranger says he "felled" his victim like a what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does the captain choose to take Legatt to his quarters rather than the brig or the crew's quarters?
3. What characterizes the attitudes of the crew as their captain evidently leads them towards an idiotic doom?
4. What does the captain give Legatt as they part ways? What significance does one item have?
5. Who finally suggests that it is necessary for Legatt to leave the ship? Why? How does the other man feel about this?
6. How does the captain describe the skipper at the beginning of part two? How does he feel about the skipper?
7. 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?
8. What does the captain find the night he is alone on deck? How does the author describe this?
9. What is significant about Leggatt's relation of how he avoided discovery by the steward?
10. What does the captain do while on deck alone at night while the rest of the crew sleeps? What keeps him awake initially?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
We often think of politics in relation to governments. However, there are often workplace politics. What was the political structure of a typical ship's crew during the time period in which the story is set? What factors or situations in the book impact the ship's politics? Describe the events and their impact on the politics between ships and between members of the crew.
Essay Topic 2
How does the story change once the crew knows of Legatt and his story? How does the author accentuate this change?
Essay Topic 3
In the last sentence of the book, the captain narrates that Leggatt "had lowered himself into the water to take his punishment." Compose an essay which carefully examines the manner in which Leggatt is punished. The captain helps the other man - but to what end? Does it seem a fitting punishment for Leggatt to be marooned, stranded, and cast into another society? Is this punishment enough? Is it too much? What were the available alternatives of punishment that might have awaited him in England? What good will such a punishment do?
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