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1. What is being rocked as the novel opens?

2. What do the waves threaten to do?

3. Who is present at the opening of the novel?

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

5. Why do the men row?

6. What is the boat comparable to in size?

7. What idea seems optimistic at best?

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