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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word from Part V means skillful or artful management?
(a) Peremptorily
(b) Manipulation
(c) Flounder
(d) Conflagration

2. What refers to an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result?
(a) External conflict
(b) Irony
(c) Symbol
(d) Metaphor

3. How many matches go up in flame at once in Part V?
(a) 70
(b) 124
(c) 12
(d) 45

4. The dog’s instincts tell him that walking in this cold is not good and that it is the time to do what, in Part III?
(a) Burrow in the snow
(b) Hide behind a windbreak
(c) Lay in the sun
(d) Curl up behind a tree

5. The narrator states in Part III that “there was no keen” what “between the dog and the man”?
(a) Reality
(b) Understanding
(c) Intimacy
(d) Ability

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a central theme in To Build a Fire?

2. After departing from his lunch break, the protagonist sees no signs of springs for how long?

3. The narrator states in Part V of the protagonist, “It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where” what were?

4. What other word does the narrator use for sulphur in Part V?

5. What does the narrator refer to the protagonist in the story as?

(see the answer key)

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