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The Works of Jack London

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Introduction:
"John Griffith London, better known to us as Jack, was an oyster pirate, gold prospector, and rancher who somehow found time in between to write a few books here and there, and not just "dog stories" either."


1. One of the first and most famous of London's novels, it tells of Buck, the offspring of a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepherd dog, who is dognapped and impressed into labor on the Klondike snow fields.
    The Sea Wolf
    The Call of the Wild
    White Fang
    A Son of the Wolf


2. Which 1908 novel of London's is presented as the story of the "First Revolt" against the capitalist ruling class, told from the point of view of 700 years in the future?
    Star Rover
    The Iron Heel
    John Barleycorn
    Before Adam


3. In what 1906 novel does London tell the story of the gradual rise into civility of the mixed offspring of a wolf and a half wolf, half husky?
    A Son of the Wolf
    The Call of the Wild
    White Fang
    Sea Wolf


4. What 1906 work of London's tells of a man who lives a normal life by day, only to spend nights in the dream life of a hunter in prehistoric times?
    Before Man
    Before Us
    Before the Fall
    Before Adam


5. Not all of London's work was fiction. His 'The Story of an Eyewitness' was an account of his experiences with the aftermath of what natural disaster?
    A Tsunami in Lisbon
    A typhoon in the Pacific Ocean
    An earthquake in San Francisco
    Flooding in Johnstown, Pennsylvania


6. Several of London's novels are (at least somewhat) autobiographical. In what novel does he describe the rise to high society of a poor seaman who decides to become self-educated and learn to write to become respected by a society girl named Ruth?
    Ethan Frome
    A Son of the Wolf
    Martin Eden
    The Rise of Silas Lapham


7. In another of London's autobiographical works, subtitled "Alcoholic Memoirs", he describes (not suprisingly) his encounters with alcohol. What is this work?
    A Man of the Drink
    Before the Fall
    John Barleycorn
    Man and his Tankard


8. In one of London's novels, Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by a mysterious Captain Larsen of the Ghost. By what other name is Larsen known?
    The Son of the Wolf
    The Ghost Wolf
    White Fang
    The Sea Wolf


9. What 1915 novel of London's relates the story of Darrel Standing, a man who lives dozens of lives in dozens of times and places, all while bodily spending his final days in San Quentin Prison?
    Martin Eden
    The Abysmal Brute
    The People of the Abyss
    Star Rover


10. First published in "The Youth's Companion", what short story tells of a man who, after falling into a cold spring at teperatures of 75 below zero, must perform the title action if he is to survive?
    To Reach the Camp
    To Build a Fire
    To Dry the Clothes
    To Call for Help


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