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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 two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?
(a) Silence and serenity.
(b) Beauty and peace.
(c) Solitude and desolation.
(d) Fascination and charm.

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

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

4. Who takes possession as the sole ruler of St. Charles Isle?
(a) A Chilean adventurer.
(b) A Peruvian king.
(c) A Bolivian pirate.
(d) A Creole soldier.

5. What habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?
(a) Aperatifs.
(b) Toasts.
(c) Snuff.
(d) Mulled wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal from the islands supplies sailors with food and utensils?

3. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?

4. Why is it hard to see the mill when coming upon it?

5. Why was Bannadonna excused for the homicide he committed?

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