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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 42-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crabbe try to find on Tahiti?
(a) Strickland's wife.
(b) Strickland's paintings.
(c) Strickland's family connections.
(d) Strickland's biography.

2. What did Strickland mostly paint while in Tahiti?
(a) Religious paintings.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Images of his childhood.
(d) Images of Tahiti.

3. What university is Mrs. Strickland's son studying at?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

4. What does Crabbe call the parts of Strickland's life which is known to the public?
(a) Exciting and inspiring.
(b) Mud and gray.
(c) Sunshine and happiness.
(d) Dull and uninspiring.

5. What does the author say Strickland is not good at?
(a) Joking.
(b) Writing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Dirk's wife left him for?

2. What does Dirk make for Strickland to eat?

3. Where does Nichols say he met Strickland?

4. What kind of beast does the Colonel call Strickland?

5. Why does Nichols have to cut his time short with Crabbe?

(see the answer key)

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