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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 had Hautboy lost in order to succeed?
(a) Glory.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Fear.
(d) Conscience.

2. Of what does the onstage action in the London theater remind the narrator?
(a) His own childhood.
(b) The theater at home on Broadway.
(c) The curmudgeonly landlady at his boarding house.
(d) The church service he had watched from the bell tower.

3. What impresses the narrator about the mill?
(a) The cheerfulness of the workers.
(b) The clean air and water.
(c) The efficiency of the operation.
(d) The gigantic press machine.

4. What prevents Steelkilt from taking revenge on Radney?
(a) Steelkilt has a change of heart.
(b) Moby Dick kills Radney.
(c) The captain orders Radney executed.
(d) Radney apologizes.

5. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?
(a) Bartleby is obviously emotionally upset.
(b) Bartleby is calm, showing no emotion.
(c) Bartleby is distressed.
(d) Bartleby promises to improve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the narrator when he goes to his office on a Sunday?

2. Why does the lightning rod salesman claim that his rods are superior?

3. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?

4. What does Melville believe the charities of London do for the poor?

5. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?

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