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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the message of the church meeting the narrator observed?
(a) "Hide not your light under a bushel."
(b) "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's."
(c) "Repent and be saved."
(d) "Ye are the salt of the earth."

3. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) Judge.
(b) Tax accountant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Stockbroker.

4. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?
(a) Go for coffee.
(b) Compare a copy with its original.
(c) Copy a comparison of an original.
(d) Originate a copy.

5. To what sight in the city does Melville compare the islands of the Encantadas?
(a) A pile of leaves.
(b) A pile of rocks.
(c) A pile of trash.
(d) A pile of cinders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's condition when he goes to the theater in London?

2. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?

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

4. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?

5. How does Merrymusk convince the narrator that he is a rich man?

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