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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the skipper respond each time the captain spoke to him?
2. What does the captain continue to refer to Legatt as through Part 2?
3. Who says "I think I had come creeping quietly as near insanity as any man who has not actually gone over the border"?
4. Which side of the gulf does the captain narrate as being fringed with islands?
5. The chief mate tells the second mate, after the captain puts the ship on the other tack, that such a move is a great want of what?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The names given to characters, objects, and places in fictional works, particularly in a story such as The Secret Sharer, which has so few names given, can be very helpful in discerning the greater significance of the story. Write an insightful analytical essay on the significance of the name "Sephora" being given to the ship from which Leggatt escapes. What is the meaning of the name? What is the most important story associated with the name's origin? How is this relevant to The Secret Sharer's plot? How is it significant?
Essay Topic 2
One of the dominant themes of the story is the compassionate bond that the captain forms with Leggatt. Explicating the significance of the word, compose an analytical essay which explains how the compassionate bond forms, why it forms, and what end it serves. What does the word itself mean? How is this meaning significant to the bond that forms between the captain and Leggatt? What is significant about the inception of the bond? Why does it come about? How does the compassion of the captain orient all of his actions?
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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