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

2. In which of Melville's novels is "The Town-Ho's Story" included?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) Mardi.
(c) Billy Budd.
(d) The Confidence Man.

3. Who finally persuaded the narrator of "I and My Chimney" to knock a few feet off the chimney?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daughters.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) His mortgage holder

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a scrivener do?

2. To what biblical character does Melville compare Billy Budd?

3. What emblem does John Gentian wear on his left lapel?

4. To what did Captain Delano attribute Benito Cereno's ineffectiveness as captain?

5. What do the other employees think of Bartleby's refusals?

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