The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Quizzes

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Quiz 1

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1 What year was the book published?

1838

1890

1840

1860
2 What is unique about this work in Poe's oeuvre?

It is his shortest novel

It was his last work

It is his only novel

It was not published during his lifetime
3 Who spurs Pym's desire to go to sea?

Augustus

Captain Barnard

His grandfather

E. Ronald
4 Pym's ship is called

Ariel

Grampus

Tiger

Jane Guy
5 Augustus convinces Pym to go out on the boat one night even though Augustus

does not know how to sail

has exams the next day

is sick

is drunk
6 What is the cause of the loud howls and screams Pym hears while on the Ariel during the storm?

The cause is not known

Sailors on a whaling ship

Seabirds

Dolphins
7 How are Pym and Augustus saved from their nocturnal adventure?

Captain Barnard rescues them

Pym is able to get them to shore

The whaling ship Penguin

The storm finally passes
8 After the Ariel incident, Pym

is ambivalent about the sea

wants to go to sea more and more

is afraid of the sea

is more cautious about the sea
9 Pym describes himself as having a ___________ disposition.

melancholy

shy

joyful

amiable
10 How does Pym's family react to Pym's desire to go to sea?

They are not supportive and try to prevent him from going

They are confused by this whim

They say he can do as he pleases

They do not care
11 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT

Pym encounters his grandfather on the night before he hides in the ship

Pym will hide in the hold for a few days until Augustus tells him he can come out

Pym tells his family he is going to sea regardless of how they feel

Pym tells his family he is staying at a Mr. Ross's house
12 The ship Barnard captains is the

Jane Guy

Ariel

Penguin

Grampus
13 When he first enters his hiding place in the hold, Pym finds it

comfortable

uncomfortable

frightening

spacious
14 Augustus leaves Pym his

notebook

watch

glasses

flask
15 When Pym wakes up from his first long sleep, all of the following are true EXCEPT

the watch has run down

Augustus is waiting for him

he is disturbed because he slept so long

the meat has gone rotten
16 Pym's dreams in the hold include all of the following EXCEPT

deserts

mermaids and sea creatures

lions and serpents

tall trees
17 What is on top of Pym when he wakes from his sleep?

Tiger, his dog

A pile of blankets

A terrible monster

Augustus's dead body
18 Pym is happy Tiger is with him, but is a bit perturbed because

Tiger is loud and they might be discovered

Tiger is dangerous

Tiger consumed some of the food and drink

Tiger is weak and feeble
19 Pym is the most upset in the hold when he thinks he is

thirsty

interred

alone

starving
20 What did Tiger bring Pym?

Nothing

A letter from Augustus

Food

A watch
21 What did Pym try to use to see the letter?

Moonlight

Phosphorous matches

Sunlight

A lantern
22 Pym says his near-insanity caused him to

curse God

tear up the letter

try to kill himself

get out of the hold
23 What word of the letter fills Pym with terror?

Mutiny

Hell

Death

Blood
24 What new event in the hold causes Pym "another and very different [sort] of disquietude?"

The behavior of Tiger

His seasickness

His starvation

The darkness of the hold
25 When Pym hears Augustus's voice in the hold,

he makes noise on purpose

he ignores him

he cannot reply

he screams back to him

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