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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 is the name of the principal shipping master?

2. What is the name of the native chief that Jim will meet?

3. Over breakfast, where do Stein and Marlow decide that Jim should go to live?

4. According to Marlow, one of the worst examples of a time when Jim simply gets up and leaves because of his past occurs in what city?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brown realize when he and Jim first meet?

2. How does Marlow describe the situation in Patusan that Jim will be going into the midst of?

3. According to Jim, why can he never go home again?

4. After learning through Marlow of Brierly's offer to give Jim a "loan" if he flees from the inquiry, how does Jim react, and why?

5. What is the favorite motto of the man from Madagascar that fastens to Marlow at his agent's office?

6. Even though Jim feels unworthy and thinks of himself as a coward, why is he superior to many other men?

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

8. After attacking Sherif Ali's compound, the men only engage in hand-to-hand combat for five minutes. Why?

9. What are the rumors that are circulating amongst the villagers after Dain Waris' camp has been attacked?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast how the relationship between Jim and Jewel changes as the story progresses. Be sure to include your assessment of the couple's relationship when the two first meet, when Jewel seeks reassurance from Marlow, when Jim "abandons" Jewel (and Jewel ends up at Stein's house with Tamb' Itam), and just before Jim is killed at the end of the story. What major theme in the novel is showcased through the development of their relationship? Explain and support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The entire story takes place primarily in several different locations. Compare and contrast each of the following locations in the story - aboard the Patna, at the inquiry, in the hotel with Marlow, and in Patusan. Be sure to include how the characters are treated in each of these locations, as well as how they live and interact with each other. Of the four above locations in the story, which location would you most prefer to live in and why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Marlow, Jim, Cornelius, and Stein.

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