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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 - Benito Cereno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of Melville's novels is "The Town-Ho's Story" included?
(a) The Confidence Man.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Billy Budd.
(d) Mardi.

2. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" do with his manuscripts?
(a) Pays to have them printed.
(b) Tears them up.
(c) Reads them to strangers.
(d) Sends them to publishers.

3. 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 "quietly Christian."
(c) Sea life is "reckless and barbaric."
(d) Sea life is "daring and brave."

4. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?
(a) The ship is giving a distress signal.
(b) The ship flies no flag.
(c) The ship is bound for an uninhabited island.
(d) The ship seems uncertain of its direction.

5. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?
(a) Tell the admiralty board of review.
(b) Murder the captain.
(c) Jump overboard.
(d) Seek an unnamed revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Captain Delano glad he was not astute enough to recognize the mutiny?

2. What nicknames does the narrator of Bartleby give his employees?

3. What age is the narrator of Bartleby?

4. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?

5. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?

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