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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote the book lying on the apple-tree table?
(a) Faust.
(b) Hawthorne.
(c) Cotton Mather.
(d) Melville.
2. What overcomes Captain Delano's criticism of Benito Cereno?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Courtesy.
(d) Sorrow.
3. What emblem does John Gentian refuse to wear?
(a) Any emblem of wealth.
(b) Any American flag.
(c) Any Revolutionary War emblem.
(d) Any Civil War emblem.
4. What is the temperature at the mill?
(a) Warm.
(b) Oppressively hot.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.
5. What emblem does John Gentian wear on his left lapel?
(a) Gold eagle wings.
(b) A golden circle.
(c) A Masonic symbol.
(d) An army medal.
6. 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.
7. What rumor pursues Daniel Orme into his life on shore?
(a) He was a thief.
(b) He was a war hero.
(c) He was Frenchman.
(d) He was a buccaneer.
8. To what did Captain Delano attribute the ship's being so long becalmed?
(a) Unusual weather.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) Misdirection.
(d) Poor seamanship.
9. How was John Marr wounded?
(a) Fighting in the War of 1812.
(b) Whaling.
(c) Falling from a ship's rigging.
(d) Fighting with pirates.
10. What contributes to the narrator's thoughts about the apple-tree table being supernatural?
(a) The table is inscribed with signs and symbols.
(b) The table is old.
(c) The table is Satanic-looking.
(d) The table is unusually beautiful.
11. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?
(a) Pain and trouble are nonexistent.
(b) Pain and trouble are for other people.
(c) Pain and trouble are unavoidable.
(d) Pain and trouble are everywhere.
12. To what did Captain Delano attribute Benito Cereno's ineffectiveness as captain?
(a) Youth, sickness, and gentility.
(b) Ignorance, pride, and stubbornness.
(c) Cruelty, harshness, and unkindness.
(d) Foolhardy disregard for good advice.
13. How does Captain Delano view the attitude of the black people on board?
(a) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be competent and well-trained.
(b) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be cheerful and content.
(c) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be cringing and fearful.
(d) The black people seem to Captain Delano to be insubordinate.
14. What causes Captain Delano to suspect Benito Cereno is an impostor?
(a) His ignorance of seamanship.
(b) His weakness in command.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His confusion.
15. What impresses the narrator about the mill?
(a) The clean air and water.
(b) The cheerfulness of the workers.
(c) The gigantic press machine.
(d) The efficiency of the operation.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator decide to give the apple-tree table when he first discovers it?
2. What was the disadvantage of building the piazza on the north side of the house?
3. How does Captain Delano evaluate Benito Cereno's condition when he first meets him?
4. What is unusual about the strange ship's figurehead?
5. Why had Jimmy Rose never married?
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