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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the bachelors in the Temple keep time?
(a) By the wine they drank.
(b) By their reminiscences.
(c) By the courses of the meal.
(d) By the jokes they told.

2. What has Hautboy accomplished in "The Fiddler?"
(a) Hautboy has developed great technical proficiency.
(b) Hautboy has become rich.
(c) Hautboy has learned to be happy.
(d) Hautboy has become famous.

3. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Murder Radney.
(b) Obey the captain.
(c) Start a mutiny.
(d) Desert together.

4. How does the lightning rod salesman feel about thunderstorms?
(a) He is relaxed and unafraid.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is assured of his own safety.
(d) He is confident.

5. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Snakes.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Two Temples" attend the meeting at the church?

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

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

4. Why is the narrator of "The Two Temples" not allowed to enter the church?

5. What prevents Steelkilt from taking revenge on Radney?

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