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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's condition when he goes to the theater in London?
(a) He is well-fed and relaxed.
(b) He is broke and alone.
(c) He is bored and overfed.
(d) He is comfortable and among friends.

3. What first alarms the narrator about the apple-tree table?
(a) A mysterious odor.
(b) A sense of pervading evil.
(c) A steady drip.
(d) A ticking sound.

4. What is the temperature at the mill?
(a) Cold.
(b) Hot.
(c) Warm.
(d) Oppressively hot.

5. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?
(a) The ship flies no flag.
(b) The ship is giving a distress signal.
(c) The ship seems uncertain of its direction.
(d) The ship is bound for an uninhabited island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" aspire to become?

2. How do the bachelors in the Temple keep time?

3. What country possessed the Encantadas at the time Melville wrote?

4. How does Melville describe Captain Delano's personality?

5. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" do with his manuscripts?

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