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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 and his men demand in return for obeying orders?
(a) They will not have to sweep the decks.
(b) They will not be punished.
(c) Radney will be punished.
(d) They will be given better wages.

2. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?
(a) A pirate ship.
(b) A ghost ship.
(c) An English ship.
(d) An enchanted ship.

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

4. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?
(a) Beware!
(b) Glory be to God in the highest!
(c) Hello!
(d) Hark!

5. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?
(a) He is unusually large, white, and vengeful.
(b) He is unusually small, white, and intelligent.
(c) He is intelligent and communicates with people.
(d) He has supernatural powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Hautboy lost in order to succeed?

2. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?

3. What impresses the narrator about the mill?

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

5. What was the message of the church meeting the narrator observed?

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