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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emblem does John Gentian refuse to wear?
(a) Any emblem of wealth.
(b) Any Revolutionary War emblem.
(c) Any American flag.
(d) Any Civil War emblem.

2. How does the narrator describe life on the sea as compared to farming or working the Erie Canal?
(a) Sea life is "calm and pure."
(b) Sea life is "quietly Christian."
(c) Sea life is "daring and brave."
(d) Sea life is "reckless and barbaric."

3. What does Melville hope to do for the Marquis de Grandvin?
(a) Make him famous.
(b) Make him immortal.
(c) Make him happy.
(d) Make him rich.

4. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?
(a) Copying.
(b) Cook.
(c) Errand boy.
(d) Legal research.

5. What is the temperature at the mill?
(a) Warm.
(b) Cold.
(c) Oppressively hot.
(d) Hot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" do with his manuscripts?

2. What mythical character does the narrator say would have failed at his task if the chimney had then been in existence?

3. What two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?

4. To what did Captain Delano attribute the ship's being so long becalmed?

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

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