Shorter Selections
Sea Wolf (1)
Sea Wolf (2)
London
Section 1
100

2 Part Questions

1. Who is the author of "The River" ?

2. She was one of the most famous writers that combines American Souther settings with grotesque themes. What is the name of this theme? 

1. Flannery O'Connor 

2. Southern Gothic 

100

Who is the main character (the protagonist) of Sea Wolf? 

Humphrey Van Weyden 

100

What does the Ghost represent? 

(Symbolism) 

Represents a life of hardship 

(robs the men on board from their freedom) 

100

What is London's possible father's name? 

William Chaney 

100

What was the Age of Discovery for literature? 

An era focused on exploration, colonization, and adventures on the sea.

200

2 part questions 

1. What is the name of the work created by John Cheever? 

2. Where does this book take place (the setting)? 

1. "The Swimmer" 

2. The setting takes place in a wealthy suburban neighborhood in New York's Westchester County. 

200

Captain Wolf Larsen was written in criticism of . . . 

(London disagreed with this person's philosophy) 

Nietzsche 

200

Give an example that shows how the crew members in the Ghost trusts Van Weyden even after witnessing who were part of the mutiny 

(Chapter 15) 

After Van Weyden  vows to keep his mouth shut, the mutineers agree that he’s alright and trusts him. 

200

What is the name of the female author who worked with Jack London 

Anna Strunsky 

200

Where does New York 2140 take place in, and what's the problem in that place? 

Takes place in a future where New York City has been ravaged by rising sea levels.

300

1. After what purchase did the Mississippi Delta attract thousands of American farmers who traveled west and plant the land? 

2. Where did the idiom, "sold down the river," come from? 

1. Louisiana Purchase 

2. It came from the common practice of selling enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South by way of Mississippi. 

300

1. Which character exemplifies class struggle? 

2. Who is Wolf Larsen's brother? 

1. Mugridge (the cook) 

2. Death Larsen 

300

Who are the characters that represent that goodness does not always win against the face of evil? 

Johnson and Leach 
300

When did Jack London die and at what age? 

1916; at the age of 40

300

How is water considered a feminine symbol

Life originates from water: Birth 

400

Name the title of this poem: 

For all their loafing on the levee, 

Unperturbedly spendthrift of time, 

Greeting the big boat swinging in the curve 

"Do it, Mister Pilot! Do, it, Big Boy!"

Beneath their dark laughter

Roaring like a flood roars, swung into a spillwater 

"Children of the Mississippi" 

- How you know? 

= levee + spillwater -> key terms 

400

In what ship was Van Weyden first aboard on? 

The Martinez 

400

Who influenced the development of the character, Wolf Larsen? 

(inspiration for the antagonist of the story) 

Alexander McLean 

400

Where would Jack London oftenly go to during his time at Berkley? 

Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland

400

Captain Blood: His Odyssey is an example of what century? 

Twentieth Century 

500

What are sharecroppers? 

Farmers who could not afford their own supplies and therefore had to pay the landowner in a share of their crops 

500

What do Van Weyden and Maud Brewster name the island? 

The Endeavor Island 

500

What is the primary setting of the Sea Wolf? 

(more geographical) 

North Pacific Ocean 

500

Which president had to interfere to bring London back to the United States after he was arrested in Japan and Korea? 

President Theodore Roosevelt 

500

The popularity of water narratives in the nineteenth century gave birth to a new genre of literature 

(List 2 names) 

Possible Answers

1. Nautical Fiction

2. Naval 

3. Sea

4. Maritime Fiction