Great Short Works of Herman Melville Test | Final Test - Medium

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Great Short Works of Herman Melville Test | Final Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emblem does John Gentian wear on his left lapel?
(a) An army medal.
(b) A Masonic symbol.
(c) Gold eagle wings.
(d) A golden circle.

2. What causes Captain Delano to suspect Benito Cereno is an impostor?
(a) His confusion.
(b) His ignorance of seamanship.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His weakness in command.

3. What caused the loss of Jimmy Rose's fortune?
(a) His overly generous dealings.
(b) Shipwrecks.
(c) Duplicitous dealings.
(d) The stock market crash.

4. How did Captain Delano evaluate the relationship between Benito Cereno and Babo?
(a) A distressing lack of respect.
(b) A frightening scene of dependency.
(c) An enviable spectacle of fidelity.
(d) A shocking breach of convention.

5. What disease does Captain Delano learn has swept off much of the crew and cargo of slaves?
(a) Rickets.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the cottage that the narrator of "The Piazza" finds in the mountains?

2. How does the narrator of "The Apple-Tree Table" feel as his wife and daughters become more frightened?

3. What does the narrator's wife think of his apprehension about the apple-tree table?

4. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" aspire to become?

5. What does Melville hope to do for the Marquis de Grandvin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator claim shows Jack Gentian's natural gentility?

2. What is unusual about the bug that emerges from the apple-tree table in the story of that name?

3. What haunts the narrator at the conclusion of "The Piazza"?

4. Why is the narrator despondent at the beginning of "The Fiddler"?

5. What seems odd about Benito Cereno's ship when Captain Delano first sees it?

6. Why doesn't the narrator in "The Piazza" grant Marianna's wish and tell her that he is the resident of the house that she believes contains happiness?

7. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" believe his chimney is good for invalids?

8. What does the bug in the apple-tree table teach the narrator's daughter, Julia?

9. What is the figurehead on the San Dominick?

10. What is Captain Delano's intention in boarding Benito Cereno's ship?

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