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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Melville call the government the Creole soldier established on St. Charles?
(a) A riotocracy.
(b) A theocracy.
(c) A monarchy.
(d) A democracy.

2. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?
(a) Hello!
(b) Beware!
(c) Glory be to God in the highest!
(d) Hark!

3. What god does the narrator in "The Lightning Rod Man" think the salesman resembles?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Zeus.

4. Why was Bannadonna excused for the homicide he committed?
(a) It was accidental.
(b) It was caused by esthetic passion.
(c) It was justifiable.
(d) It was done in self-defense.

5. What does the narrator's wife think of his apprehension about the apple-tree table?
(a) She thinks he is crazy.
(b) She thinks he is trying to frighten her.
(c) She thinks he is drunk.
(d) She thinks he is making it up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?

2. What habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?

3. Why had Jimmy Rose never married?

4. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" identify with his chimney?

5. What caused the bell-ringing automaton to kill Bannadonna?

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