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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. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?
(a) Friends of the narrator.
(b) Sailors on the Town-Ho.
(c) Sailors on the Pequod.
(d) Writers.

2. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?
(a) Cook.
(b) Errand boy.
(c) Legal research.
(d) Copying.

3. What action does Steelkilt determine to take after being locked in the hold?
(a) He will kill Radney.
(b) He will apologize.
(c) He will kill the captain.
(d) He will seize the ship.

4. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?
(a) Chestnuts.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Pine nuts.
(d) Ginger nuts.

5. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?
(a) The Cape of Good Hope.
(b) On the deck of the Town-Ho.
(c) On the deck of the Pequod.
(d) Lima, Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" say he has never felt since the rooster died?

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

3. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?

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

5. What two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?

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