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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 did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?
(a) An enchanted ship.
(b) An English ship.
(c) A ghost ship.
(d) A pirate ship.

2. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?
(a) Copy a comparison of an original.
(b) Compare a copy with its original.
(c) Go for coffee.
(d) Originate a copy.

3. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) An American flag.
(c) A white bird.
(d) A burning fire.

4. How does Steelkilt respond to Radney's request that he sweep the deck?
(a) He meekly obeys.
(b) He quietly refuses.
(c) He complains loudly.
(d) He loudly refuses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?

2. To what sight in the city does Melville compare the islands of the Encantadas?

3. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?

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

5. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?

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