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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 J. think would make it easier for him to go back to sleep after he's had a rough night?

2. After what meal do the men decide to replenish their stored food?

3. What does J. notice changes a man's outlook as the group rests near Picnic Point?

4. Why did George pass the first inn he found when he first visited Datchet?

5. What do the men argue about in regard to rowing the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does J.'s friend miscalculate with the punt when they are boating together?

2. What does Harris claim happens to him while George and J. are at Henley?

3. What does J. complain about sarcastically concerning the problem with being towed?

4. What does J. think about rowing on the sea?

5. How does Montmorency burn himself the night everyone makes stew?

6. What kind of scene is J. reminded of when he thinks of King Henry courting Anne Boleyn on Magna Charta Island?

7. What formula does J.'s friend have when it comes to exaggerating his fishing successes?

8. Why do the men decide to get their clothes washed in Streatly?

9. What ends up happening at the inns while George and J. are looking for somewhere to sleep in Datchet?

10. What happens that lets George know that everyone is lying about who caught the fish that is mounted on the wall in the pub?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how alcohol/drinking/being drunk is portrayed in "Three Men in a Boat" as well as why Jerome would include the instances he does of characters drinking/having too much to drink in the text.

Essay Topic 2

"Three Men in a Boat" has never gone out of print in its 120+ year history. Discuss at least three aspects of the novel that readers have identified with over the years. Will those aspects continue to connect with readers in the future? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss at least three literary devices Jerome uses to make the scenery in "Three Men in a Boat" become more vivid and realistic for the reader. Make sure to use specific quotations and/or examples from the text for each device discussed.

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