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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. How does Tarzan continue his lessons when his tribe is far from the cabin?

3. What do the people in the village leave Tarzan to try and appease him?

4. What does the small man who is arguing with a larger man do in Chapter 13?

5. What happens when Kulonga’s body is found in Chapter 10

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kerchak get his hands on a rifle and what does he do with it?

2. How many apes are in Kerchak’s tribe and what is Kala like?

3. How does Tarzan kill a gorilla, how does the gorilla injure Tarzan and how does Tarzan recover?

4. How does Kala’s baby ape die?

5. What does Tarzan do about clothing for himself?

6. Why does Kala worry about her baby and how does Tarzan get his name?

7. How does Kala die and what does Tarzan do about her death?

8. Why does Tarzan decide to kill a lioness and what happens in his first attempt in Chapter 8?

9. Why is Lord Greystoke in Africa and what kind of man does the narrator say he is?

10. What does Tarzan find in the metal box, why is he frustrated with one of the items in the box and what item does he take with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When asked why Burroughs wrote the Tarzan series about a “noble savage” he said: Of course the primary motive of a story like Tarzan of the Apes is to entertain, yet in writing this and other stories I have been considerably influenced by the hope that they might carry a beneficial suggestion of the value of physical perfection and morality. Discuss what you think Burroughs means by the above quote. Do you think Tarzan fulfills Burroughs’ vision for Tarzan? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Tarzan is raised among a group of apes who are overwhelmingly superior to him physically. Discuss at least three ways in which Tarzan overcomes his physical limitations in his ape tribe. Use examples from the book to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Tarzan often reflects on the differences he sees between jungle creatures and civilized men. Discuss Tarzan’s opinions of jungle creatures versus men and how they live. Use examples from the book to support your response.

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