View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?

2. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?

3. What is the cook doing in Part 5?

4. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

5. Who keeps their thoughts to himself in Part 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the alternating point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the story be different if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "The Open Boat" in terms of Naturalism. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical Naturalist story? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as Naturalism? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the story as Naturalism?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 239 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample