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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the pork at the Coulters' dinner table?
(a) It is last year's.
(b) It is not really pork.
(c) It is only hides.
(d) It is only fat and gristle.

2. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) Judge.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Tax accountant.
(d) Stockbroker.

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

4. What overcomes Captain Delano's criticism of Benito Cereno?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Courtesy.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Sorrow.

5. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?
(a) The Cape of Good Hope.
(b) On the deck of the Pequod.
(c) Lima, Peru.
(d) On the deck of the Town-Ho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Hautboy accomplished in "The Fiddler?"

2. How does the narrator get into the London theater presentation?

3. What habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?

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

5. What did the failure of his invention do for the uncle in "The Happy Failure?"

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