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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 surprises the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" about the owner of the rooster?
(a) He has many such roosters.
(b) He is old.
(c) He has a large family.
(d) He is poor.

2. What country possessed the Encantadas at the time Melville wrote?
(a) Chile.
(b) Peru.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Colombia.

3. What do the Peruvian listeners force the storyteller to do to prove his story is true?
(a) Cross his heart.
(b) Show some evidence.
(c) Produce another witness.
(d) Swear on the Bible.

4. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?
(a) The approval of his peers.
(b) Bartleby's friendship.
(c) Self-approval.
(d) The approval of his employees.

5. Whose job is it to normally sweep the deck of a ship?
(a) All members of the work gangs.
(b) The lowest seaman.
(c) The men on watch.
(d) The boys on board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Steelkilt's three remaining conspirators decide to do to save themselves?

2. Where do both the captain and Steelkilt go after they separate?

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

4. What does Melville believe the charities of London do for the poor?

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

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