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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. Who loses concept of time?
2. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?
3. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?
4. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?
5. Who takes two oars first?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the four men wonder in Part 4, and what do they think that the people onshore may believe?
2. How did the correspondent feel about the recalled story when he read it?
3. Who is the captain of the boat, and what is his crew comprised of?
4. Why does the chance of survival seem optimistic at best?
5. Why do the men's hopes not sink at the beginning of Part 4?
6. What is the oiler doing in Part 1?
7. What do the four men see at the beginning of Part 4, and what do they think is odd?
8. What do the correspondent and cook argue about at the end of Part 1, and how is their dispute ended?
9. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?
10. What does the correspondent do when the oiler takes his place at the oars in Part 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would the story be different if the oiler had lived?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the four men. How are their relationships with nature similar and different?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the main themes in this story (false hope, man versus nature, etc.) and detail its recurrences throughout the story. What does it add to the story? How does it affect the difference characters?
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