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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 do the coastal Indians whom Steinbeck and Ricketts met in Puerto Escondido do?
2. Where does the expedition party sail next on Easter Sunday?
3. What does Steinbeck lament about that is in connection with persistence of beliefs and actual happenings?
4. When the sea is very smooth, what does the crew do to take advantage of the calm seas?
5. What does the expedition party catch in Concepcion Bay?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the expedition party encounter at the port of Guaymas? Explain their reactions to the situation.
2. Describe the expedition party's experience with their camera equipment. What happens with the equipment and what resolutions are derived from their experience?
3. Discuss Steinbeck's theory on how a harsh environment makes survivors out of its inhabitants, and how he came to this train of thought.
4. Discuss Steinbeck's lamentations on the briefness of their expedition, and how he wished that they have brought full-sized aquariums.
5. At the port city of Laredo, the members of the expedition team serve as merriment to the local girls. Speculate on the reasons on why this is so and give probable explanations to this happening.
6. Describe the strange experience the group has with the Americans and the Mexicans they encounter in Angeles Bay.
7. In Marcial Point around noon on Easter Sunday, Steinbeck and Ricketts manage to catch a big, beautiful lobster despite the difficulties they have encountered. How do you think Steinbeck and Ricketts managed to catch this lobster? Speculate on the efforts of the team.
8. It is mentioned that Tex is getting married and therefore should be watching his weight very keenly. Speculate on Tex's marriage. Why did he agree to sail even when he is getting married? Why can't he stay on a diet to look good on his wedding day?
9. Explain Steinbeck's theory on how man can improve himself and the human race if only he studies certain cycles in civilization.
10. Provide a description to how Steinbeck, Ricketts and the crew do the labeling and sorting of their collected specimen.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Log from the Sea of Cortez contains not only information on marine biology but also discussions on philosophy, biology and spirituality, among others. Discuss whether sea voyage or any voyage in particular prompts analytical thinking on life and other sublime topics. Support your answers with examples from the story.
Essay Topic 2
Steinbeck describes how a certain task such as collecting specimen can seem to be so enjoyable and exciting in the beginning, and later turn boring simply because the one performing the task has been at it for a long time. What can be the cause of this change? Is it really man's nature to be "mechanical" over time? Why or why not? Support your answer with instances from the story.
Essay Topic 3
The Log from the Sea of Cortez is meant as a document to help future sea travelers. Instead it contains many discussions on philosophy, life, politics, war, among others. Do you think it would help if the author and the log if an outline was prescribed, or a guide as to what should be written down and how it should be presented? In short, what are the improvements that can be made to the Log from the Sea of Cortez to make it more faithful to its original objective, which is to help sea travelers with their voyage?
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