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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what sight in the city does Melville compare the islands of the Encantadas?
(a) A pile of trash.
(b) A pile of leaves.
(c) A pile of cinders.
(d) A pile of rocks.

3. Why does the Town-Ho's captain have to put the ship into port?
(a) Its crewmen are ill with scurvy.
(b) There has been a mutiny on board.
(c) It has run out of supplies.
(d) It has sprung a leak.

4. What surprises the narrator when he goes to his office on a Sunday?
(a) Bartleby has stolen his things.
(b) Bartleby has been working on the weekend.
(c) Bartleby has been living there.
(d) Bartleby has invited friends to the office.

5. How does the narrator describe life on the sea as compared to farming or working the Erie Canal?
(a) Sea life is "quietly Christian."
(b) Sea life is "reckless and barbaric."
(c) Sea life is "calm and pure."
(d) Sea life is "daring and brave."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?

2. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?

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

4. Why does Radney dislike Steelkilt?

5. How does Merrymusk convince the narrator that he is a rich man?

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