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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Quiz 1

1 What year was the book published?
1838

1890

1860

1840
2 What is unique about this work in Poe's oeuvre?
It was his last work

It was not published during his lifetime

It is his only novel

It is his shortest novel
3 Who spurs Pym's desire to go to sea?
His grandfather

Augustus

Captain Barnard

E. Ronald
4 Pym's ship is called
Tiger

Ariel

Jane Guy

Grampus
5 Augustus convinces Pym to go out on the boat one night even though Augustus
does not know how to sail

is sick

has exams the next day

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

Dolphins

Seabirds
7 How are Pym and Augustus saved from their nocturnal adventure?
The whaling ship Penguin

Pym is able to get them to shore

Captain Barnard rescues them

The storm finally passes
8 After the Ariel incident, Pym
is more cautious about the sea

is ambivalent about the sea

is afraid of the sea

wants to go to sea more and more
9 Pym describes himself as having a ___________ disposition.
shy

amiable

joyful

melancholy
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 do not care

They are confused by this whim

They say he can do as he pleases
11 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT
Pym tells his family he is going to sea regardless of how they feel

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

Pym tells his family he is staying at a Mr. Ross's house

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

spacious

frightening

uncomfortable
14 Augustus leaves Pym his
watch

notebook

glasses

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

he is disturbed because he slept so long

Augustus is waiting for him

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

mermaids and sea creatures

lions and serpents

deserts
17 What is on top of Pym when he wakes from his sleep?
A terrible monster

Augustus's dead body

A pile of blankets

Tiger, his dog
18 Pym is happy Tiger is with him, but is a bit perturbed because
Tiger is weak and feeble

Tiger consumed some of the food and drink

Tiger is loud and they might be discovered

Tiger is dangerous
19 Pym is the most upset in the hold when he thinks he is
alone

thirsty

interred

starving
20 What did Tiger bring Pym?
Food

A letter from Augustus

Nothing

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

A lantern

Phosphorous matches

Sunlight
22 Pym says his near-insanity caused him to
get out of the hold

try to kill himself

curse God

tear up the letter
23 What word of the letter fills Pym with terror?
Hell

Mutiny

Death

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

The darkness of the hold

His starvation

The behavior of Tiger
25 When Pym hears Augustus's voice in the hold,
he cannot reply

he ignores him

he screams back to him

he makes noise on purpose

Augustus hides Pym aboard the ship three days before it sets sail.

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