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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 happens to the vessel during Tiny and Sparky's watch?
2. What does Steinbeck think about the various descriptions they have read of Cabo San Lucas?
3. What happens to the outboard motor on Black Saturday, March 23?
4. What is Tony's requirement to the group?
5. What is interesting about the bonito and other fish that caught Steinbeck and Ricketts' attention?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly discuss the group's encounter when they try to have chicken for dinner. Can you give some rationale to the efforts the group went through just to have chicken for dinner?
2. Briefly explain Steinbeck's theory on "murdering" a boat.
3. Briefly discuss Steinbeck's theory on the complications of western systems compared to the simplicity of some other cultures, such as the Indians'.
4. The expedition party reaches the town of San Lucas. Describe the town as mentioned by Steinbeck, and add your own theories on how the town looks and feels like.
5. Briefly state the discussions made by Steinbeck and Ricketts on different ways of thinking, particularly looking at the society and the balance that is maintained all the time, as specified by their given example on employment.
6. Build on Steinbeck's theory of why the expedition members do not want to catch and cook porpoises.
7. Briefly discuss Steinbeck and Ricketts' interaction with a boy named Raul and give possible reasons why they willingly went with him.
8. Describe the members of the expedition team and their vehicle.
9. Describe Tony and make some assumptions on the way he looks.
10. What is Steinbeck's theory on the origin of the name of a certain place? What was the origin of Steinbeck's musings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the difficulties encountered by the expedition party when it comes to getting permits, approvals and permissions. What could have been done to prevent these difficulties? Do you think the book's objectives should also include discussions, narratives on these issues? Are the difficulties related to the fact that there was a war going on? Why or why not? Support your answer with specific examples in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Tex loves diesel engines and sees them as pure, logical, perfect mechanical entities. Is this love for diesel engines what made Tex become a mechanic or did Tex get to love diesel engines after being a mechanic and being exposed to them? Whether it is the former or the latter, what does this say about Tex? If it is the former, is Tex then a dreamer/romantic who pursues his ideals from his childhood? Or if it is the latter, is Tex then a logical person who sees the value in things and appreciates these values? How are these traits exhibited in the story? Whatever your answers are, please support them with instances in the story.
Essay Topic 3
The Log from the Sea of Cortez is meant as a document to help future sea travelers. Instead it contains many discussions on philosophy, life, politics, war, among others. Do you think it would help if the author and the log if an outline was prescribed, or a guide as to what should be written down and how it should be presented? In short, what are the improvements that can be made to the Log from the Sea of Cortez to make it more faithful to its original objective, which is to help sea travelers with their voyage?
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