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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 animal does Melville claim is not at home at sea, on land, or in the air?
(a) The penguin.
(b) The bat.
(c) The walrus.
(d) The cormorant.

2. How does Melville describe pelicans?
(a) Woebegone and penitential.
(b) Modest and humble.
(c) Elegant and streamlined.
(d) Clever and complicated.

3. How does Melville describe Captain Delano's personality?
(a) Pessimistic and unhappy.
(b) Trusting and benevolent.
(c) Mistrustful and suspicious.
(d) Autocratic and dictatorial.

4. What is unusual about the strange ship's figurehead?
(a) It is a plain, unmarked beak.
(b) It is covered in canvas wrapping.
(c) It is obviously from Castile.
(d) It is beautifully carved.

5. Why does the captain fear to shoot Steelkilt for his insubordination?
(a) It would lead to a admiralty investigation.
(b) It would spark a mutiny.
(c) It would be unfair.
(d) It would justify Radney's dishonorable actions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mythical character does the narrator say would have failed at his task if the chimney had then been in existence?

3. What is unusual about the pork at the Coulters' dinner table?

4. Why does the narrator of "Jimmy Rose" refuse to change the wallpaper in his parlor?

5. What quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?

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