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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of socks does the protagonist wear in Part IV?
(a) French
(b) Mexican
(c) Canadian
(d) German

2. Where was Jack London born?
(a) San Francisco, California
(b) Los Angeles, California
(c) Arcata, California
(d) Oakland, California

3. What in literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation?
(a) Realism
(b) Surrealism
(c) Absurdism
(d) Objectivism

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

5. In order to build a fire, the protagonist must do what in Part IV?
(a) Remove his mittens
(b) Remove his coat
(c) Remove his watch
(d) Remove his moccasins

Short Answer Questions

1. The popularized second version of To Build a Firewas published in what year?

2. The protagonist thinks to himself, “those old-timers were rather” what, in Part IV?

3. In what year did Jack London die?

4. The Yukon lay hidden under how many feet of ice, according to the narrator in Part I?

5. Which word from Part III means anticipation of adversity or misfortune?

(see the answer key)

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