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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 Tarzan throw at one of the warriors in Chapter 11?

2. What is Alice’s maiden name?

3. From which book does Tarzan learn the most about writing?

4. What does the note that is slid under the Greystokes’ door say?

5. What is the ape’s word for gorilla?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what happens when the ship reaches land and what do the Greystokes do immediately?

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

3. What does Tarzan do in Kulonga’s hut in the village and how do the villagers react?

4. What does Lord Greystoke witness on the ship and what does Black Michael say is to be his fate?

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

6. How does Tarzan learn to read and write and at what age does he read the child’s primer?

7. How is Jane saved from the lioness trying to get into the cabin?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Burroughs's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Burroughs's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Tarzan of the Apes, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

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