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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 strong emotion is felt by Kit and Una regarding their survival?
2. Who does Kit demand to talk to during his illness?
3. What is the name of Ahab's ship?
4. Giles applies to which school?
5. What is the name of the river that borders Una's family home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Una after the Sussex sinks?
2. Una decides to dress up as a cabin boy so that she can go out to sea with Kit and Giles. Examine Una's plan. Who does Una meet on the ship?
3. Nantucket is an island that often depends on outside sources in order to function as an independent town/region. Explain how the area functions with limited supplies and resources.
4. Explain the relationship between Giles and Chester. Who makes the arrangements? How does Una use the arrangement to her advantage?
5. What activity does Una take up with Sallie Swain? What is the metaphor used by Una to describe her relationship with Kit and Giles?
6. Discuss Aunt Agatha's influence on Una regarding pacifism and women's rights.
7. Una begins to think about the return to Nantucket. What are some of the things Una thinks about regarding her future on the island?
8. What happens while Una is incapacitated with illness?
9. What job is given to Una by Ahab? Why is Una not concerned with potential dangers?
10. Una and Kit discuss the steps they took in order to stay alive while out at sea. What does the pair discuss?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Naslund discusses the areas traveled by the various ships including the Sussex and the Pequod. Discuss the routes traveled by these ships as well as the common trade routes of the day. Examine the length of time it took the ships to travel the entire route and why some ships were gone years longer than others. Give a crew member's perspective and a captain's perspective on where a ship should travel and where the best opportunities lie for whaling. Compare those trade routes to ones commonly used today.
Essay Topic 2
Write a short story from the point of Una regarding her first meeting with Ahab. How did the pair become friends and eventually lovers? Does the couple have anything in common at all? If so, what? How does Una adjust her life in regards to Ahab's work and long periods away at sea? How has the life of each character changed since they met?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the career and professional skills of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Detail each man's educational history, professional status, evolution as an attorney, involvement in the abolitionist movement, and other famous cases in which he participated.
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