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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Junger calls the point in which a vessel gets driven down by overwhelming natural forces such as waves which of the following?
(a) Zero moment.
(b) Inundation point.
(c) Immersion point.
(d) Point zero.

2. According to Junger, fishermen enter their profession via which of the following routes listed?
(a) They enter it to provide for their families.
(b) Fishermen wander into fishing because their fathers, uncles, brothers, friends and other men in their lives are in it..
(c) They pursue and obtain a college education in marine biology.
(d) Fishermen openly choose the fishing profession.

3. Which of the following is NOT a member of the rescue team attempting to rescue the sailor from the perilous sea along the New Jersey coast?
(a) John Spillane.
(b) Rick Smith.
(c) Dave Ruvola.
(d) Doug Kostco.

4. Which crew member aboard the Andrea Gail has had a premonition that he will die young at sea?
(a) Bugsy.
(b) Murph.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Billy.

5. What type of ships does the Navy use to conduct stress and force experiments on its ships?
(a) Freight shps.
(b) War ships.
(c) Model ships.
(d) Passenger ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ethel Shatford, the mother of Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford works as a bartender at which of the taverns listed?

2. What type of plans do Andrea Gail crew member Bobby Shatford and Christine Cotter have in mind to engage in together upon his return from fishing aboard the Andrea Gail?

3. Sable Island is also known as which of the following?

4. Telling the story of a Scottish doctor who survived drowning, Sebastian Junger mentions the probability that upon the occurrence of larynospasm, water may not enter which of the following:

5. Author Sebastian Junger defines "larynospasm" as which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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