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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 rumor pursues Daniel Orme into his life on shore?
(a) He was Frenchman.
(b) He was a thief.
(c) He was a war hero.
(d) He was a buccaneer.

2. What do the maids work to produce?
(a) Machinery.
(b) Toothpicks.
(c) Paper.
(d) Fabric.

3. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?
(a) Pine nuts.
(b) Ginger nuts.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Chestnuts.

4. What does John Gentian say are caused by stirring deeds?
(a) Stirring rhymes.
(b) Stirring songs.
(c) Stirring novels.
(d) Stirring thoughts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?

2. What god does the narrator in "The Lightning Rod Man" think the salesman resembles?

3. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?

4. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe he should not be sued?

5. What quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?

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