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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Sultan's uncle who extorts and steals from the country-born Malays?
(a) Robert Allang.
(b) Rajah Allang.
(c) Rajah Elliot.
(d) Robert Elliot.

2. How many passengers are on the Patna before the incident under inquiry occurs?
(a) 50 people.
(b) 800 people.
(c) 570 people.
(d) 425 people.

3. How old is Stein when he takes part in the revolutionary movement of 1848?
(a) 15.
(b) 36.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

4. What is the name of the ship that Jim takes the job of chief mate on?
(a) The Patna.
(b) The Modicum.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) The Gustav.

5. When Jim sees Marlow face-to-face at the ship-chandlers, what does Marlow ask Jim?
(a) Why he wrote for the inquiry's findings.
(b) Why he left his previous position.
(c) Why he revealed his Patna history.
(d) Why he joked about the Patna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jim learn his sailing skills?

2. What is the name of the woman Jim falls in love with?

3. How do the other three in the lifeboat feel when they realize that Jim - not the other engineer - is on the lifeboat?

4. While the captain and the other two men discuss what their "story" will be, what job is assigned to Jim?

5. As the captain and the drunken man are fighting, what happens to the ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Jim's incarceration was like before he made his escape.

2. As Jim reads the letter that Marlow has written for him and wants him to take with him, what does Jim realize?

3. Why does Jim decide to let Brown and his men go free?

4. According to Jim's confession to Marlow, why does Jim refuse to run away from the inquiry?

5. What happens during Marlow's final encounter with the nautical assessor during the first adjournment of the inquiry?

6. As revealed in Chapter 34, why does Cornelius despise Jim?

7. Brown reveals to Jim the two options he would like Jim to select from in dealing with Brown. What are those two options?

8. Describe how Brown and his crew are able to escape from their Spanish captors.

9. Brown's encounter with Jewel at Stein's home reveals a pattern evident in Jim's life. What is the pattern?

10. Why does the rescuing ship's captain station some quartermasters on the Patna throughout the towing operation?

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