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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Back on the top deck, the night they see a strange ship approaching, how does the captain describe the atmosphere?
(a) Still.
(b) All of these.
(c) Profoundly silent.
(d) Completely calm.

2. What was the content of the first cry from the crew concerning the stranger's intention in diving off the ship?
(a) Escape.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Madness.
(d) Idiocy.

3. At what does the stranger stare through the porthole while relating his tale to the captain?
(a) Nothing.
(b) An islet.
(c) A star.
(d) The Sephora.

4. From where has the Sephora come when first seen by the captain and his crew, according to the second mate?
(a) Tangiers.
(b) Cyprus.
(c) Montenegro.
(d) Cardiff.

5. Who does the captain refer to as his double or other self?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) Legatt.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The second mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain eat at breakfast?

2. Whom does the captain say he will have relieve him after his unprecedented watch alone?

3. What do the stranger and the captain hear overhead after the stranger has finished telling his tale?

4. Until what time does the captain, in an unprecedented move, propose to take a watch himself?

5. What does the author compare the riding light to?

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