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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 habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?
(a) Aperatifs.
(b) Mulled wine.
(c) Toasts.
(d) Snuff.

2. What is unusual about the strange ship's figurehead?
(a) It is obviously from Castile.
(b) It is covered in canvas wrapping.
(c) It is a plain, unmarked beak.
(d) It is beautifully carved.

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

4. How do the bachelors in the Temple keep time?
(a) By the wine they drank.
(b) By the courses of the meal.
(c) By their reminiscences.
(d) By the jokes they told.

5. What do Steelkilt's three remaining conspirators decide to do to save themselves?
(a) Support Steelkilt's mutiny.
(b) Sneak back to their posts.
(c) Bind Steelkilt and give him to the captain.
(d) Kill Steelkilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Steelkilt determine to take after being locked in the hold?

2. What does John Gentian say are caused by stirring deeds?

3. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?

4. How does the narrator of "The Piazza" travel to the spot in the mountains that he wants to see?

5. What loss of John Gentian's is noticed most on May thirtieth?

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