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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Apple-Tree Table" feel as his wife and daughters become more frightened?
(a) He feels numb.
(b) He feels worse.
(c) He feels braver.
(d) He feels more frightened than they.

2. In "I and My Chimney," what is the narrator's wife's maxim?
(a) Whatever is not, is not.
(b) Whatever is, is right.
(c) Whatever is, is wrong and must be altered.
(d) Whatever.

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

4. Who is the worst enemy of the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?"
(a) His creditor.
(b) His wife.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His banker.

5. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Lizards.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country possessed the Encantadas at the time Melville wrote?

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

3. What is the temperature at the mill?

4. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" identify with his chimney?

5. Why had Jimmy Rose never married?

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