Ship Fever and Other Stories Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What are Sarah Anne Billopp and Mrs. Pearce doing when the story resumes two years later? (from Rare Bird)

They are writing to a prominent scientist about his theory about swallows in winter.

They are revising a paper about their hypothesis about swallows in winter.

They are testing their hypothesis about swallows in winter.

Mrs. Pearce is introducing Sarah Anne to a friend of hers, a young scientist.

2.

What answer did Sarah Anne finally get from the person to whom she had written during the dinner party? (from Rare Bird)

The person has dismissed her theories.

Her theories have been adopted as the person's new position.

The person has accused her of being unethical.

The person has chastised her for her presumptuousness.

3.

What do Rose and Bianca study in college? (from The Marburg Sisters)

Literature.

Biochemistry.

Romance languages.

Zoology.

4.

To whom does Zaga rent her condominium? (from Rare Bird)

An evolutionary biologist.

A pair of brokers.

A lepidopterist.

An actuary and his wife.

5.

Jonathan and Ruby laugh at what together at the marine biology station? (from The Littoral Zone)

Their children's cute moments.

Their spouses' ignorance.

The impossibility of a future together.

The others' presentations.

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