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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22 - Billy Budd.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?
(a) Jump overboard.
(b) Tell the admiralty board of review.
(c) Seek an unnamed revenge.
(d) Murder the captain.

2. How does Steelkilt respond to Radney's request that he sweep the deck?
(a) He quietly refuses.
(b) He loudly refuses.
(c) He meekly obeys.
(d) He complains loudly.

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

4. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?
(a) Working as a court reporter.
(b) Working in a dead letter office.
(c) Working in a morgue.
(d) Working on a locomotive.

5. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?
(a) A device for diverting rivers.
(b) A device for draining swamps.
(c) A device for purifying water.
(d) A device for building dams.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surprises the narrator when he goes to his office on a Sunday?

3. How was John Marr wounded?

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

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

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