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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 has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?
(a) A device for building dams.
(b) A device for purifying water.
(c) A device for diverting rivers.
(d) A device for draining swamps.

2. What is Poor Man's Pudding?
(a) Flour, sugar, cinnamon, and milk.
(b) Rice, milk, and salt.
(c) Water, salt, and flour.
(d) Milk, eggs, and sugar.

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

4. 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 "daring and brave."
(c) Sea life is "quietly Christian."
(d) Sea life is "calm and pure."

5. What does Bartleby's demeanor show about his eccentricities?
(a) They are involuntary.
(b) They are voluntary.
(c) They are important.
(d) They are unimportant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's middle-aged employee offer to do for Bartleby?

2. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?

3. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?

4. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?

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

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