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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 failure of his invention do for the uncle in "The Happy Failure?"
(a) Made him disappointed.
(b) Made him more determined.
(c) Made him a good man.
(d) Made him furious.

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

3. Why does the captain decide not to flog Steelkilt?
(a) He suddenly feels sorry for Steelkilt.
(b) He suddenly feels ashamed of his own behavior.
(c) He suddenly feels the menace of the rest of the crew.
(d) Steelkilt makes an inaudible threat.

4. With what alliteration does Melville describe the islands?
(a) Dark, doleful doomsday.
(b) Extensive elegant exotica.
(c) An archipelago of aridities.
(d) Fruitful festival of fecundity.

5. Of what does the onstage action in the London theater remind the narrator?
(a) The theater at home on Broadway.
(b) The curmudgeonly landlady at his boarding house.
(c) The church service he had watched from the bell tower.
(d) His own childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?

2. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?

3. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?

4. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

5. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?

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