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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 tell D'Arnot about Jane?

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

3. In Chapter 16, what do Mr. Philander and the Professor realize as they are standing on the beach arguing?

4. What does D'Arnot do with Lord Greystoke’s diary that Tarzan gives him?

5. What does Tarzan tell D'Arnot when D'Arnot asks him to take a note to the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does it happen that Tarzan ends up leaving Jane to Clayton?

2. What happens when Canler arrives at the farmhouse?

3. How does Tarzan rescue Jane?

4. What does Tarzan see when he returns to the cabin at night and what does he do after the five castaways go to sleep?

5. What does the Professor suggest to the captain and what is the outcome of that suggestion?

6. Why do Jane and Clayton have a falling out?

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

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

9. How does Lieutenant D'Arnot get dragged to the cannibal village?

10. How is D'Arnot rescued from the village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Burroughs implies that morality is in the genetic make-up of humans and animals. He shows “white men” as morally superior to black men and humans morally superior to apes. He also seems to indicate that a noble born gentleman will always be morally superior to a working class man. Discuss how Burroughs advances these ideas of the differences between the morals of humans and animals and white men and black men. Use examples from the book to support your response.

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

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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