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

2. What does the arrangement of the office allow Bartleby to do with the narrator?
(a) Hear him but not see him.
(b) Both see and hear him.
(c) See him but not hear him.
(d) Neither see him nor hear him.

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

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

5. What quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?
(a) Bartleby is efficient.
(b) Bartleby is sedate.
(c) Bartleby is friendly.
(d) Bartleby is energetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?

2. What do Steelkilt and his men demand in return for obeying orders?

3. How does Melville describe pelicans?

4. What does the crew decide not to do after Steelkilt is flogged?

5. Why does the captain fear to shoot Steelkilt for his insubordination?

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