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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 do Steelkilt's three remaining conspirators decide to do to save themselves?
(a) Support Steelkilt's mutiny.
(b) Bind Steelkilt and give him to the captain.
(c) Kill Steelkilt.
(d) Sneak back to their posts.

2. Why does the captain decide not to flog Steelkilt?
(a) Steelkilt makes an inaudible threat.
(b) He suddenly feels the menace of the rest of the crew.
(c) He suddenly feels sorry for Steelkilt.
(d) He suddenly feels ashamed of his own behavior.

3. How does the narrator of "The Two Temples" attend the meeting at the church?
(a) He hides in the bell tower.
(b) He sneaks into the foyer.
(c) He disguises himself as the bell ringer.
(d) He bribes the man who guards the door.

4. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) John Jacob Astor.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) John D. Rockefeller.

5. Why does the Town-Ho's captain have to put the ship into port?
(a) Its crewmen are ill with scurvy.
(b) There has been a mutiny on board.
(c) It has run out of supplies.
(d) It has sprung a leak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?

2. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?

3. What animal does Melville claim is not at home at sea, on land, or in the air?

4. What prevents Steelkilt from taking revenge on Radney?

5. What age is the narrator of Bartleby?

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