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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose cause does the Marquis de Grandvin champion?
(a) Animals.
(b) The French.
(c) Freedom fighters.
(d) Women.

2. How does the narrator of "The Piazza" travel to the spot in the mountains that he wants to see?
(a) On foot.
(b) On horseback.
(c) In a yawl.
(d) In a carriage.

3. What do the other employees think of Bartleby's refusals?
(a) They think Bartleby should be forgiven.
(b) They think Bartleby should be promoted.
(c) They think Bartleby should be fired.
(d) They think Bartleby should be excused.

4. What loss of John Gentian's is noticed most on May thirtieth?
(a) His limp.
(b) His empty sleeve.
(c) His blinded eye.
(d) His missing ear.

5. In "I and My Chimney," what is the narrator's wife's maxim?
(a) Whatever is, is wrong and must be altered.
(b) Whatever.
(c) Whatever is, is right.
(d) Whatever is not, is not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard to see the mill when coming upon it?

2. What rumor pursues Daniel Orme into his life on shore?

3. What human assumption does Melville say is the most preposterous?

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

5. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

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