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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 - Benito Cereno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Captain Delano evaluate Babo when he first meets him?
(a) Captain Delano evalutes Babo as a devoted companion.
(b) Captain Delano evaluates Babo as uncomfortably familiar.
(c) Captain Delano evaluates Babo as woefully ignorant.
(d) Captain Delano evalutes Babo as vaguely threatening.

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

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

4. What disease does Captain Delano learn has swept off much of the crew and cargo of slaves?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Cholera.

5. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?
(a) People.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Lizards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?

2. What does Benito Cereno say has happened to his partner, Alexandro Aranda?

3. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?

4. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?

5. What is unusual about the pork at the Coulters' dinner table?

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