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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 emblem does John Gentian refuse to wear?
(a) Any American flag.
(b) Any Revolutionary War emblem.
(c) Any Civil War emblem.
(d) Any emblem of wealth.

2. What part of the United States does the narrator of the Town-Ho's story claim is much like the sea?
(a) Lake Tahoe.
(b) The Great Lakes region.
(c) The Erie Canal.
(d) The Mississippi.

3. How does Claggart interpret Billy Budd's spilling his soup?
(a) Ineptness.
(b) Deliberate aggression against Claggart.
(c) Billy Budd's malicious nature.
(d) Foolishness.

4. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?
(a) Hark!
(b) Glory be to God in the highest!
(c) Beware!
(d) Hello!

5. What good qualities does Bartleby have as an employee?
(a) He is hard-working and honest.
(b) He is eager to help.
(c) He is amiable and friendly.
(d) He is enthusiastic and energetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" call the rooster Signor Beneventano?

2. What did Jimmy Rose have to offer the rich after he lost his fortune?

3. Why does the narrator of "The Piazza" feel that the house must have a piazza?

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

5. What term does Melville say any observer would use to describe Billy Budd?

(see the answer key)

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