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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Radney dislike Steelkilt?
(a) Steelkilt is insubordinate.
(b) Steelkilt is handsome.
(c) Steelkilt is unfriendly.
(d) Steelkilt is rude.

2. What country possessed the Encantadas at the time Melville wrote?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Colombia.
(c) Chile.
(d) Peru.

3. Who lives in the cottage that the narrator of "The Piazza" finds in the mountains?
(a) A lonely widow.
(b) An orphaned brother and sister.
(c) No one.
(d) A newlywed husband and wife.

4. What does Melville call the government the Creole soldier established on St. Charles?
(a) A riotocracy.
(b) A theocracy.
(c) A democracy.
(d) A monarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?

2. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" decide never to leave home?

3. What does the narrator say a man does when confronted with an unreasonable situation?

4. To what sight in the city does Melville compare the islands of the Encantadas?

5. Who takes possession as the sole ruler of St. Charles Isle?

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