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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Ginger nuts.
(c) Chestnuts.
(d) Pine nuts.

2. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?
(a) A device for building dams.
(b) A device for purifying water.
(c) A device for diverting rivers.
(d) A device for draining swamps.

3. What human assumption does Melville say is the most preposterous?
(a) Understanding of the rich by the poor.
(b) Criticism of the poor by the rich.
(c) Understanding of the poor by the rich.
(d) Criticism of the rich by the poor.

4. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?
(a) An American flag.
(b) A white bird.
(c) A burning fire.
(d) A handkerchief.

5. What surprises the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" about the owner of the rooster?
(a) He has many such roosters.
(b) He is poor.
(c) He has a large family.
(d) He is old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the bachelors in the Temple keep time?

2. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?

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

4. With what alliteration does Melville describe the islands?

5. Why does Coulter come home for lunch?

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