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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 the narrator in "The Fiddler" do with his manuscripts?
(a) Sends them to publishers.
(b) Reads them to strangers.
(c) Tears them up.
(d) Pays to have them printed.

2. What emotion does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" say he has never felt since the rooster died?
(a) The doleful dumps.
(b) The cheerful joys.
(c) The warm contentment.
(d) The silly slaphappiness.

3. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" aspire to become?
(a) Rich.
(b) Happy.
(c) Famous.
(d) Brilliant.

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

5. What is the temperature at the mill?
(a) Warm.
(b) Cold.
(c) Oppressively hot.
(d) Hot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the maids work to produce?

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

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

5. What first alarms the narrator about the apple-tree table?

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