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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only person who enters the captain's room?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The captain.
(d) The ship's steward.

2. For what purpose does the captain move away from the rail and consequently catch the suspicious eye of the helmsman?
(a) To look at the compass.
(b) To speak with the helmsman.
(c) To look at the map.
(d) To go below decks.

3. Who is the "secret sharer"?
(a) Fate.
(b) The chief mate.
(c) The sea.
(d) Leggatt.

4. How many gold coins does the captain give Legatt before he leaves the ship?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. What implement does the captain continually point at the scattered group of islands?
(a) A sextant.
(b) A compass.
(c) A truncheon.
(d) A telescope.

6. What did the captain tell the skipper so that he would speak more loudly?
(a) None of these.
(b) That he had been ill and his ears were clogged.
(c) That he was having difficulty understanding him.
(d) That he was hard of hearing.

7. What does the captain try to ram on the head of Leggatt in the dark of the sail locker?
(a) A floppy hat
(b) A tall hat.
(c) A knotted rope.
(d) A black skull cap.

8. When was the order given for a "reefed foresail"?
(a) After the wave crashed over the Sephora.
(b) As the storm rolled in.
(c) After the storm rolled in.
(d) Before the wave crashed over the Sephora.

9. Who states "It's a great satisfaction to have got somebody to understand. You seem to have been there in purpose"?
(a) The chief mate.
(b) The skipper.
(c) Legatt.
(d) The captain.

10. How did the captain treat the skipper?
(a) With politeness.
(b) With animosity.
(c) With curious paranoia.
(d) All of these.

11. What is the name of the Sephora's skipper?
(a) Archbold.
(b) Acton.
(c) Johnstone.
(d) Devlon.

12. What does the captain doubt when he finds Leggatt standing bolt upright in his room after the incident with the steward on the fourth day?
(a) The reality of the world.
(b) The eyesight of the steward.
(c) Leggatt's bodily existence.
(d) The sanity of his mind.

13. What does Leggatt claim worked him into a sort of desperation in the gale with night coming on?
(a) The squall of the sea.
(b) The skipper's whimpering.
(c) The despair of the crew.
(d) The frenzy of the wind.

14. Where does the captain take the ship after agreeing that Legatt should leave?
(a) He took the ship towards a group of islands.
(b) He kept the ship on course, but increased the ship's speed.
(c) He took the ship toward the nearest port.
(d) He took the ship further out into sea.

15. Which of the following is the antonym of the word "leeward" as the captain uses in his narration to describe the side of the ship to which he walks after leaving Leggatt for the last time?
(a) Windward.
(b) Starboard.
(c) Aft.
(d) Port.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major source of symbolism in Part 2 of the story?

2. What does the captain say to the Sephora's skipper is the cause of his being hard of hearing?

3. Who is the captain referring to when he states, "Our hands met gropingly, lingered united in a steady, motionless clasp for a second...No word was breathed by either of us when they separated"?

4. How do Legatt and the captain speak with each other?

5. What time does the captain go up on deck after deciding Legatt should leave?

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