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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. What animal from the islands supplies sailors with food and utensils?
(a) The iguana.
(b) The tortoise.
(c) The seal.
(d) The albatross.

2. With what alliteration does Melville describe the islands?
(a) An archipelago of aridities.
(b) Extensive elegant exotica.
(c) Dark, doleful doomsday.
(d) Fruitful festival of fecundity.

3. How does the narrator describe life on the sea as compared to farming or working the Erie Canal?
(a) Sea life is "daring and brave."
(b) Sea life is "reckless and barbaric."
(c) Sea life is "quietly Christian."
(d) Sea life is "calm and pure."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What nicknames does the narrator of Bartleby give his employees?

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

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

5. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?

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