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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 the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?
(a) They murder the captain.
(b) They call for help.
(c) They give up life on the sea.
(d) They desert the ship.

2. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?
(a) Pain and trouble are for other people.
(b) Pain and trouble are nonexistent.
(c) Pain and trouble are everywhere.
(d) Pain and trouble are unavoidable.

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

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

5. To what sight in the city does Melville compare the islands of the Encantadas?
(a) A pile of rocks.
(b) A pile of leaves.
(c) A pile of cinders.
(d) A pile of trash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do both the captain and Steelkilt go after they separate?

2. What quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?

3. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe he should not be sued?

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

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

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