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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 is the narrator's condition when he goes to the theater in London?
(a) He is well-fed and relaxed.
(b) He is broke and alone.
(c) He is comfortable and among friends.
(d) He is bored and overfed.

2. How does Melville describe pelicans?
(a) Modest and humble.
(b) Elegant and streamlined.
(c) Clever and complicated.
(d) Woebegone and penitential.

3. How long has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" worked on his invention?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Three months.
(c) All year.
(d) All month.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator of "The Two Temples" attend the meeting at the church?

3. What animal does Melville claim is not at home at sea, on land, or in the air?

4. What do Steelkilt and his men demand in return for obeying orders?

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

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