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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?
(a) An enchanted ship.
(b) A ghost ship.
(c) An English ship.
(d) A pirate ship.

2. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view the world?
(a) Full of dangers, snares, and delusions.
(b) Full of puzzles, traps, and confusion.
(c) Full of sunshine, flowers, and rainbows.
(d) Full of casualties, despotism, and knocks on the head.

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

4. How does the narrator get into the London theater presentation?
(a) He sneaks in a side door.
(b) He pawns his overcoat to buy a ticket.
(c) He finds a ticket on the sidewalk.
(d) A stranger gives him a ticket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe life on the sea as compared to farming or working the Erie Canal?

2. What is Poor Man's Pudding?

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

4. What good qualities does Bartleby have as an employee?

5. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" call the rooster Signor Beneventano?

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