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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 quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?
(a) Bartleby is friendly.
(b) Bartleby is energetic.
(c) Bartleby is sedate.
(d) Bartleby is efficient.

2. What has Hautboy accomplished in "The Fiddler?"
(a) Hautboy has become rich.
(b) Hautboy has become famous.
(c) Hautboy has learned to be happy.
(d) Hautboy has developed great technical proficiency.

3. What happens to the rooster when the Merrymusk family dies?
(a) The rooster is sold for five hundred dollars.
(b) The rooster goes home with the narrator.
(c) The rooster dies too.
(d) The rooster crows on the graves.

4. What does the captain of the merchant ship say that Billy Budd had done for his crew?
(a) Brought confusion.
(b) Brought amusement.
(c) Brought quarrels.
(d) Brought peace.

5. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?
(a) Go for coffee.
(b) Compare a copy with its original.
(c) Originate a copy.
(d) Copy a comparison of an original.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Apple-Tree Table" feel as his wife and daughters become more frightened?

2. What does John Gentian say are caused by stirring deeds?

3. What did buccaneers leave on the islands that Melville claims is proof of their better traits?

4. What was the message of the church meeting the narrator observed?

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

(see the answer key)

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