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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 are the steerage passengers doing?

2. What is this section named?

3. What is the name of Morgan's companion?

4. The stranger's death is the beginning of the exploration of what topic for Morgan?

5. In which city does Lady Duff Gordon have an office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Morgan narrate his experience encountering other passengers boarding the Titanic?

2. What is known about Morgan from the Prologue?

3. How does the sensual act serve as foreshadowing?

4. Who is McKinlay and what is his role?

5. Who are Mr. Ismay and Mr. Andrews and what are their roles?

6. What are the two people about to encounter and what is their state of mind?

7. Who is Charlie Melchett and what do he and Morgan do together as Titanic gets underway?

8. What had the dying man given to Morgan?

9. What can be said about Morgan's personality and motivations?

10. How does Morgan first learn that there may be a problem with the operations of the Titanic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of Morgan and Wallis. Be sure to include any other characters who you think survived the sinking of the Titanic. Incorporate the characters' emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, socialization, etc.

Essay Topic 2

The theme of struggling with personal identity is an important one in this novel. Describe how it extends through setting, character and issues and provide examples for each.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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