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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 see the men on the ship do near where Tarzan is watching the ship?

2. What does a man give Tarzan in Chapter 28?

3. Why does D'Arnot throw himself on the bed in despair?

4. How does the French know to come ashore?

5. What does Clayton find when the group is preparing the skeletons for burial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tarzan feel when he reads his two letters and what does he find out in the letters?

2. What does Tarzan see as he watches the ship from a different vantage point than the cabin?

3. How does it happen that Jane does not marry Canler?

4. How do the two old men get out of the tree in Chapter 16 and how does Tarzan get them back to the cabin?

5. How does Clayton figure out what happened to his uncle, Lord Greystoke?

6. What does Tarzan think as he watches the burial of the Greystokes and what does the Professor say about his treasure after the burial?

7. What does Tarzan do for Jane for the night and what does he find out about his locket?

8. What happens when Canler arrives at the farmhouse?

9. How does Tarzan end up winning a bet with a man in Chapter 26?

10. In Paris, what does D'Arnot do about proving to Tarzan who Tarzan’s parents were?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Burroughs books are escapist literature in many senses, for not only do they provide a means of escape from the harsh, real but they also celebrate an escape from the world of conventional and superficial restriction into a world of freedom and action. Discuss, in depth what is meant by the above statement. 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

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.

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