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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 kind of king is Terkoz?
2. Why are the Professor and Clayton happy when they get back to the cabin in Chapter 22?
3. What do the French soldiers do at the village?
4. What does Jane wonder as she thinks about marrying Tarzan?
5. What does Tarzan say when D'Arnot comments it is too bad Tarzan did not mention the chest before they left?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tarzan see when he returns to the cabin at night and what does he do after the five castaways go to sleep?
2. What does the Professor suggest to the captain and what is the outcome of that suggestion?
3. What does Jane try to get Captain Dufranne to do and what does he agree to for her?
4. What is the farmhouse in Wisconsin like and what does Jane tell Clayton when she arrives there?
5. How does Lieutenant D'Arnot get dragged to the cannibal village?
6. What does Tarzan think as he watches the burial of the Greystokes and what does the Professor say about his treasure after the burial?
7. What does Tarzan feel when he reads his two letters and what does he find out in the letters?
8. How is D'Arnot rescued from the village?
9. Why do Tarzan and D'Arnot decide to leave the cabin?
10. At the beginning of Chapter 16, where are the Professor and Mr. Philander, what are they doing and why is Tarzan laughing at them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Tarzan of the Apes, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.
Essay Topic 2
Tarzan is raised among a group of apes who are overwhelmingly superior to him physically. Discuss at least three ways in which Tarzan overcomes his physical limitations in his ape tribe. Use examples from the book to support your response.
Essay Topic 3
Identify the protagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Identify the antagonists of the story and why you believe they are such? Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? Which, if any, characters are not essential to the story? Explain.
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