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

2. What had Hautboy lost in order to succeed?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Glory.
(c) Fear.
(d) Guilt.

3. What caused the bell-ringing automaton to kill Bannadonna?
(a) An unrepaired defect.
(b) A design flaw.
(c) A manufacturing error.
(d) Jealousy.

4. What did Jimmy Rose have to offer the rich after he lost his fortune?
(a) Compliments.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Companionship.

5. What animal from the islands supplies sailors with food and utensils?
(a) The tortoise.
(b) The albatross.
(c) The iguana.
(d) The seal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What contributes to the narrator's thoughts about the apple-tree table being supernatural?

3. What does the narrator decide to give the apple-tree table when he first discovers it?

4. Who finally persuaded the narrator of "I and My Chimney" to knock a few feet off the chimney?

5. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" call the rooster Signor Beneventano?

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