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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In literature, what refers to an incompatibility in how two or more individuals relate to one another?
(a) Foreshadowing
(b) External conflict
(c) Relational conflict
(d) Climax

2. In literature, what refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?
(a) Internal conflict
(b) Irony
(c) Relational conflict
(d) External conflict

3. The narrator states in Part II that given that the freezing-point is 32 degrees above zero, the degrees of frost obtained as the protagonist travels is what?
(a) 107 degrees
(b) 62 degrees
(c) 40 degrees
(d) 88 degrees

4. At 12:00 p.m., the sun is at its brightest but it is too far in what direction to clear the horizon?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) South
(d) North

5. What causes the “traps” that are along the protagonist’s path in Part II?
(a) Branches
(b) Springs
(c) Rocks
(d) The sun

Short Answer Questions

1. Naturalism was a literary movement that emerged in what decade?

2. The day is described as having broken exceedingly how in the opening of To Build a Fire?

3. “The boys” had come over across the divide from what country, according to the narrator in Part I?

4. What type of point-of-view in literature allows the reader to know everything that can be known about a character, including past history, thoughts, and feelings?

5. What does the protagonist do once he reaches the forks of the creek in Part II?

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