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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Hautboy accomplished in "The Fiddler?"
(a) Hautboy has learned to be happy.
(b) Hautboy has become famous.
(c) Hautboy has developed great technical proficiency.
(d) Hautboy has become rich.

3. Why had Jimmy Rose often been chosen to present awards?
(a) He was famous.
(b) He was handsome.
(c) He spoke well.
(d) He was a generous donor.

4. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?
(a) As harbingers of a bright future.
(b) As instruments of destruction.
(c) As symbols of human ingenuity.
(d) As uniters of families.

5. Why is it hard to see the mill when coming upon it?
(a) The whole landscape is white.
(b) The mill is hidden in a cave.
(c) The mill is painted to camouflage the entrance.
(d) The mill's entrance is disguised by branches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book lying on the apple-tree table?

2. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?

3. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?

4. With what alliteration does Melville describe the islands?

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

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