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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?
(a) The Cape of Good Hope.
(b) On the deck of the Pequod.
(c) Lima, Peru.
(d) On the deck of the Town-Ho.

2. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?
(a) They've become doctors.
(b) They've become lawyers.
(c) They've become warriors.
(d) They've become schoolteachers.

3. What action does Steelkilt determine to take after being locked in the hold?
(a) He will seize the ship.
(b) He will apologize.
(c) He will kill the captain.
(d) He will kill Radney.

4. What are the two failings the narrator sees in his middle-aged scrivener?
(a) A bad temper and gambling.
(b) Dishonesty and ambition.
(c) Ambition and indigestion.
(d) Indigestion and messiness.

5. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?
(a) Self-approval.
(b) The approval of his peers.
(c) The approval of his employees.
(d) Bartleby's friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?

2. What two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?

3. How does Bartleby respond to the other employees?

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

5. What do the other employees think of Bartleby's refusals?

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