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  • 1. What is the largest uninhabited island in the world?
A) Clipperton Island
B) Bouvet Island
C) Devon Island
D) Isle Royale
  • 2. What is the reason why most of the largest uninhabited islands are deserted?
A) Freezing climate
B) Lack of wildlife
C) Tidal waves
D) Volcanic activity
  • 3. What can occasionally reach fresh water on small coral atolls or islands?
A) A natural river
B) A well
C) Rainwater collection
D) An underground stream
  • 4. What archaic meaning does the adjective 'desert' have in 'desert island'?
A) Desolate and sparsely occupied or unoccupied
B) Covered entirely in ice
C) Having hot sand and dunes
D) Lacking any vegetation
  • 5. What type of wildlife species find havens on desert islands due to being partly sheltered from humans?
A) Freshwater fish
B) Large land mammals
C) Tropical rainforest apes
D) Sea turtles and ground-nesting seabirds
  • 6. What accumulates on the beaches of desert islands from the sea?
A) Wreckage from pirate ships
B) Precious gems and metals
C) Tons of waste from far away countries
D) Volcanic ash and debris
  • 7. Which island is known as 'Snake Island'?
A) Tetepare Island
B) Ilha da Queimada Grande
C) Astola Island
D) Clipperton Island
  • 8. What is the world's most remote island according to the text?
A) Bouvet Island
B) Amatignak Island
C) Ball's Pyramid
D) Kaffeklubben Island
  • 9. Who wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe published in 1719?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Daniel Defoe
C) H. G. Wells
D) Henry Neville
  • 10. Which sailor is likely to have inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe?
A) Edward Pococke
B) Simon Ockley
C) Tom Neale
D) Alexander Selkirk
  • 11. What is the name of Robinson Crusoe's personal assistant in the novel?
A) Hayy
B) Man Friday
C) Kamil
D) Prospero
  • 12. Who wrote the 1610–11 play The Tempest which uses a desert island setting?
A) Ibn Tufail
B) William Shakespeare
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Henry Neville
  • 13. What is the title of the 1668 book by Henry Neville about a man shipwrecked with three women?
A) The Isle of Pines
B) Theologus Autodidactus
C) The Aspiring Naturalist
D) Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
  • 14. Who voluntarily spent 16 years in three sessions living alone on the island of Suwarrow?
A) Edward Pococke
B) Robert Boyle
C) Alexander Selkirk
D) Tom Neale
E) Daniel Defoe
  • 15. What is the major theme of both Lord of the Flies and The Beach mentioned in the text?
A) Regression into savagery
B) Creation of a utopian society
C) Recreation of society's comforts
D) Peaceful isolation and meditation
  • 16. In the book Kensuke's Kingdom, what animal does Kensuke stay on the island to defend?
A) Orangutans
B) Penguins
C) Ground-nesting seabirds
D) Sea turtles
  • 17. How are desert island jokes conventionally depicted in gag cartoons?
A) As endless flat deserts with no vegetation
B) As massive tropical jungles with active volcanoes
C) Just a few yards across with a single palm tree
D) As frozen tundras surrounded by icebergs
  • 18. Which novel was written by Ibn Tufail?
A) Theologus Autodidactus
B) The Aspiring Naturalist
C) Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
D) The Isle of Pines
  • 19. Who wrote Theologus Autodidactus?
A) Robert Boyle
B) Ibn Tufail
C) Ibn al-Nafis
D) Daniel Defoe
  • 20. What is the northernmost undisputed point of land on Earth?
A) Devon Island
B) Bouvet Island
C) Kaffeklubben Island
D) Amatignak Island
  • 21. What type of ship was the Essex?
A) British warship
B) Spanish galleon
C) American whaler
D) French merchant ship
  • 22. In what year did the crew of the Essex spend time on Henderson Island?
A) 1815
B) 1875
C) 1820
D) 1876
  • 23. What is the nationality of Henderson Island mentioned in the text?
A) British
B) French
C) American
D) Spanish
  • 24. What crucial resource did the crew of the Essex find on Henderson Island?
A) An abandoned well
B) A large river
C) A deep underground cave
D) A small freshwater spring
  • 25. How long did it take for the crew of the Essex to deplete the island's resources?
A) Four months
B) One week
C) Seven months
D) One year
  • 26. How many men from the Essex decided to remain on Henderson Island?
A) Three
B) One
C) Seven
D) Four
  • 27. How long did the three men who stayed on Henderson Island survive there before rescue?
A) One week
B) Two years
C) Seven months
D) Four months
  • 28. What was the name of the ship whose survivors spent seven months on a French island?
A) Bounty
B) Essex
C) Strathmore
D) Titanic
  • 29. How long did the survivors of the Strathmore survive on the island?
A) Seven months
B) One week
C) One year
D) Four months
  • 30. During which years did the Strathmore survivors stay on the island?
A) 1880 to 1881
B) 1875 to 1876
C) 1850 to 1851
D) 1820 to 1821
  • 31. To which country do the Crozet Islands belong, according to the text?
A) Spain
B) Britain
C) United States
D) France
  • 32. Besides birds and fish, what plant food did the Strathmore survivors eat?
A) Root vegetables
B) Tropical fruits
C) Leafy greens
D) Cereal grains
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