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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 happens to Kala’s infant?

2. What worries Kala about her white ape baby?

3. How long has Lord Greystoke and Alice been married?

4. Why does Kala not know of the situation with Kerchak?

5. In Chapter 11, what additional item does Tarzan find in the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tarzan remain king of the ape tribe for a while and how does he finally relinquish that position?

2. What is Lord Greystoke told by a crew member and what does he do with this information?

3. What does the Greystoke couple do in Freetown and how does Lord Greystoke run afoul of a ship captain?

4. What breaks the peace around the area of Tarzan’s ape tribe in Chapter 9?

5. How does Alice lose her memory of her recent past?

6. How does Tarzan save Clayton’s life two times in Chapter 14?

7. How do Tarzan and Clayton get back to the cabin fast when they hear a gunshot?

8. What does Tarzan do about clothing for himself?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 7, why does Tarzan return to the cabin and what does he do there?

10. How does Kala’s baby ape die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of Tarzan and the Apes, Tarzan returns to the jungle. Discuss Tarzan’s reasons for returning to the jungle. Do you think his decision was a reasonable one? Would you have made the same decision? Use examples from the book to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two.

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Tarzan of the Apes is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Burroughs appears to have a poor opinion of modern men being able to live together peacefully. Tarzan comments how the apes kill for food but men sometimes kill for pleasure. Discuss two incidences in Tarzan of the Apes that illustrate the above statement. Use examples from the book to support your response.

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