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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. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?
(a) Tell the admiralty board of review.
(b) Jump overboard.
(c) Murder the captain.
(d) Seek an unnamed revenge.

2. What overcomes Captain Delano's criticism of Benito Cereno?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Compassion.

3. What impresses the narrator about the mill?
(a) The clean air and water.
(b) The efficiency of the operation.
(c) The gigantic press machine.
(d) The cheerfulness of the workers.

4. What did a strange boy give the narrator in the theater?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) A cake of barley.
(c) An unexpected smile.
(d) A cup of ale.

5. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?
(a) They call for help.
(b) They desert the ship.
(c) They murder the captain.
(d) They give up life on the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the failure of his invention do for the uncle in "The Happy Failure?"

2. Why is the strange ship low on provisions?

3. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?

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

5. To what sight in the city does Melville compare the islands of the Encantadas?

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