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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Desert together.
(b) Obey the captain.
(c) Start a mutiny.
(d) Murder Radney.

2. What action does Steelkilt determine to take after being locked in the hold?
(a) He will seize the ship.
(b) He will kill Radney.
(c) He will kill the captain.
(d) He will apologize.

3. Who is the worst enemy of the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?"
(a) His banker.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His creditor.
(d) His wife.

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

5. What are the two failings the narrator sees in his middle-aged scrivener?
(a) A bad temper and gambling.
(b) Dishonesty and ambition.
(c) Ambition and indigestion.
(d) Indigestion and messiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view the world?

2. What did buccaneers leave on the islands that Melville claims is proof of their better traits?

3. What animal does Melville claim is not at home at sea, on land, or in the air?

4. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?

5. What good qualities does Bartleby have as an employee?

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