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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view the world?
(a) Full of puzzles, traps, and confusion.
(b) Full of casualties, despotism, and knocks on the head.
(c) Full of dangers, snares, and delusions.
(d) Full of sunshine, flowers, and rainbows.

2. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?
(a) They've become lawyers.
(b) They've become schoolteachers.
(c) They've become warriors.
(d) They've become doctors.

3. What does Bartleby's demeanor show about his eccentricities?
(a) They are involuntary.
(b) They are voluntary.
(c) They are unimportant.
(d) They are important.

4. How does Captain Delano view the attitude of the black people on board?
(a) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be cheerful and content.
(b) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be competent and well-trained.
(c) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be insubordinate.
(d) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be cringing and fearful.

5. What quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?
(a) Bartleby is efficient.
(b) Bartleby is sedate.
(c) Bartleby is friendly.
(d) Bartleby is energetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Coulter come home for lunch?

2. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?

3. Why does the captain decide not to flog Steelkilt?

4. What does Melville call the government the Creole soldier established on St. Charles?

5. Where do "'Gees" come from?

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