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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. What does the captain believe about the body in the water?
2. Who has curiosity in his eyes when the captain comes on deck the morning after finding Legatt?
3. What was thoughtfully given to the ship by the provision merchant?
4. What does the captain yell over the side of the ship, down the ladder to the body below?
5. How long was the crew working practically night and day?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the initial thoughts of the captain concerning Leggatt when he enters his stateroom after the incident with the steward on the fourth day of traveling?
2. What does the captain discover about the stranger upon first speaking with him in the stateroom?
3. What danger lies in taking the ship as close as possible to the islands the ship is approaching?
4. Why does the captain bring the skipper to his state room? What does he tell the skipper? Why?
5. According to the author, what is a reefed foresail and what purpose did it serve on the Sephora?
6. How was the murder incited, as the stranger relates it?
7. What induces a state of self-possession in the captain while he faces the mysterious man in the water?
8. What does Legatt say about his last moments in the water before finding the captain's ship?
9. Why does the captain remain emotionless and unexcitable throughout his and the skipper's conversation? Does it work?
10. Why is it more important than ever that the crew not know about Legatt being on board after the skipper leaves?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the situation in which Legatt is almost discovered. Why is this a crucial part of the story, even though Legatt is not actually found?
Essay Topic 2
Though not a strictly metaphorical text, The Secret Sharer does, like most good literature, have a metaphorical aspect in that it conveys a deeper meaning than that which is literally presented. This relationship between the literal and the transcendent significations of the text is the relationship between vehicle and tenor. Analyzing the text of The Secret Sharer, write an essay which explicates how the transcendent meaning - the tenor - is conveyed through various imagery, circumstances, situations, and settings - the vehicle. How do the vehicles of meaning relate to the higher signification, i.e. by what means? How are the vehicle and tenor reciprocally related to one another?
Essay Topic 3
Compose a well-crafted essay concerning the character and significance of the unnamed captain. Some things to consider include: What are his principal personality traits? In what actions, words, and thoughts do these personality traits manifest themselves? What is the captain's role in the plot? What is significant about the captain being the story's narrator, in terms of discerning his personality? In what ways do his actions impact other characters? What is the greater significance of his various interactions with other characters? How do his interactions with others help the reader to see the greater significance of the story as a whole?
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