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

2. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" call the rooster Signor Beneventano?
(a) The rooster reminds him of a character in a play.
(b) The rooster reminds him of a song.
(c) The rooster reminds him of a character in a book.
(d) The rooster reminds him of his neighbor.

3. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?
(a) Bartleby is frighteningly mechanical.
(b) Bartleby is relentlessly cheerful.
(c) Bartleby is only occasionally industrious.
(d) Bartleby is not cheerful.

4. What human assumption does Melville say is the most preposterous?
(a) Understanding of the rich by the poor.
(b) Criticism of the rich by the poor.
(c) Criticism of the poor by the rich.
(d) Understanding of the poor by the rich.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What country possessed the Encantadas at the time Melville wrote?

3. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?

4. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?

5. Who takes possession as the sole ruler of St. Charles Isle?

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