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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 object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?
(a) An American flag.
(b) A white bird.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A burning fire.

2. What nicknames does the narrator of Bartleby give his employees?
(a) Chicken, Rooster, and Cluck.
(b) Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut.
(c) Grandpa, Grumpy, and The Kid.
(d) Chompers, Grumpy, and Short Stuff.

3. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?
(a) An English ship.
(b) A pirate ship.
(c) An enchanted ship.
(d) A ghost ship.

4. 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.

5. What human assumption does Melville say is the most preposterous?
(a) Criticism of the poor by the rich.
(b) Criticism of the rich by the poor.
(c) Understanding of the poor by the rich.
(d) Understanding of the rich by the poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What caused the loss of Jimmy Rose's fortune?

3. Of what does the onstage action in the London theater remind the narrator?

4. What do the Peruvian listeners force the storyteller to do to prove his story is true?

5. Why is Captain Delano glad he was not astute enough to recognize the mutiny?

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