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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?
(a) A white bird.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) An American flag.
(d) A burning fire.

2. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" identify with his chimney?
(a) They are both an annoyance to the household.
(b) They are both obese old smokers.
(c) They are both tall and handsome.
(d) They are both. the center of attention.

3. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Desert together.
(b) Murder Radney.
(c) Obey the captain.
(d) Start a mutiny.

4. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?
(a) They've become warriors.
(b) They've become schoolteachers.
(c) They've become lawyers.
(d) They've become doctors.

5. How is the narrator punished for sneaking into the church?
(a) He is imprisoned.
(b) He is jailed overnight and fined.
(c) He is warned and set free.
(d) He is publicly embarrassed, but pardoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?

2. Why had Jimmy Rose never married?

3. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view the world?

4. Why does the Town-Ho's captain have to put the ship into port?

5. What does a scrivener do?

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