The Log from the Sea of Cortez Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Steinbeck and Ricketts do to Tiny's prey?
(a) They cut the meat and make a stew out of it.
(b) They crack its shell and use it as soup bowls.
(c) They dissect it to learn what they can.
(d) They cut the legs and collect them in a jar filled with water.

2. On March 18, where does the expedition party end up going when a wind rises before they were able to anchor?
(a) Marina Bay.
(b) Magdalena Bay.
(c) Pescadero Point.
(d) San Diego Bay.

3. What difficulty does the expedition party encounter when they were collecting specimen in Cabo San Lucas?
(a) The local policemen require that each should have driver's license, which Steinbeck and Ricketts do not have.
(b) The locals do not want them to go ashore which make collecting specimen an impossibility.
(c) The local officials do not want them to take anything away, and suggest instead that they study the specimen while they are ashore.
(d) Collecting specimens is difficult due to the unique characteristics of the species such as the posionous spines of the worms which was hazardous to the activity.

4. What will be an accurate description of the expedition party's day on March 23?
(a) A day of many discoveries.
(b) Strange and difficult.
(c) Rewarding.
(d) Warm and comfortable.

5. What are the two types of biologists, as discussed by John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts?
(a) Those who study dead, preserved animals and those who study life in all its complexity.
(b) Those who teach in the university and those who work for corporations.
(c) Those who work at night and those who work during the day.
(d) Those who have their own laboratory and those who rent a space for their laboratory works.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the porpoises, as observed by Steinbeck and Ricketts?

2. What does the expedition party find on their destination on March 23?

3. What can be found in Laredo that is of particular interest to the expedition party?

4. Steinbeck worries about the soldiers' reaction to what during their travel?

5. What does Steinbeck lament about that is in connection with persistence of beliefs and actual happenings?

(see the answer key)

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