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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Melville describe pelicans?
(a) Clever and complicated.
(b) Woebegone and penitential.
(c) Modest and humble.
(d) Elegant and streamlined.

2. What two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?
(a) Beauty and peace.
(b) Fascination and charm.
(c) Silence and serenity.
(d) Solitude and desolation.

3. What does the crew decide not to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Obey the captain.
(b) Desert together.
(c) Call out when whales were sighted.
(d) Start a mutiny.

4. How does Merrymusk convince the narrator that he is a rich man?
(a) He has a rooster worth five hundred dollars.
(b) He has a barn full of hay.
(c) He has a large tract of land.
(d) He has a large family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" treat his creditor after hearing the crow?

2. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?

3. Whose job is it to normally sweep the deck of a ship?

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

5. What surprises the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" about the owner of the rooster?

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