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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 previous employment had shaped Bartleby?
(a) Working in a dead letter office.
(b) Working in a morgue.
(c) Working as a court reporter.
(d) Working on a locomotive.

2. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?
(a) By allowing him to work only half a day.
(b) By hiring an assistant for him.
(c) By giving him unimportant papers in the morning.
(d) By giving him unimportant papers in the afternoon.

3. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?
(a) As harbingers of a bright future.
(b) As instruments of destruction.
(c) As symbols of human ingenuity.
(d) As uniters of families.

4. Why does the captain decide not to flog Steelkilt?
(a) Steelkilt makes an inaudible threat.
(b) He suddenly feels sorry for Steelkilt.
(c) He suddenly feels the menace of the rest of the crew.
(d) He suddenly feels ashamed of his own behavior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?

2. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

3. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?

4. What does the crew decide not to do after Steelkilt is flogged?

5. How does Melville describe pelicans?

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