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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?
(a) They've become lawyers.
(b) They've become doctors.
(c) They've become warriors.
(d) They've become schoolteachers.

2. Why does the narrator of "The Piazza" feel that the house must have a piazza?
(a) The house has a spectacular view.
(b) A piazza would increase the home's value.
(c) Piazzas are in fashion.
(d) All the neighbors have piazzas.

3. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" do with his manuscripts?
(a) Pays to have them printed.
(b) Sends them to publishers.
(c) Tears them up.
(d) Reads them to strangers.

4. Why is the strange ship low on provisions?
(a) They have been becalmed.
(b) They have been lost.
(c) They have been under supplied.
(d) They have taken on additional passengers.

5. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?
(a) The ship flies no flag.
(b) The ship is giving a distress signal.
(c) The ship is bound for an uninhabited island.
(d) The ship seems uncertain of its direction.

6. What sort of feet did the apple-tree table have?
(a) Hooves like Satan.
(b) Carved mahogany.
(c) Brass fittings.
(d) Marble balls.

7. What did Jimmy Rose have to offer the rich after he lost his fortune?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Compliments.

8. What caused the loss of Jimmy Rose's fortune?
(a) Shipwrecks.
(b) Duplicitous dealings.
(c) The stock market crash.
(d) His overly generous dealings.

9. What sentence was chalked below the figurehead?
(a) "Follow your faith."
(b) "Follow your leader."
(c) "Follow orders."
(d) "Never follow."

10. Who is Atufal?
(a) A leader of the slaves.
(b) A chained slave.
(c) Babo's best friend.
(d) A complaining woman among the slaves.

11. Who lives in the cottage that the narrator of "The Piazza" finds in the mountains?
(a) No one.
(b) An orphaned brother and sister.
(c) A lonely widow.
(d) A newlywed husband and wife.

12. How did Captain Delano evaluate the relationship between Benito Cereno and Babo?
(a) An enviable spectacle of fidelity.
(b) A frightening scene of dependency.
(c) A distressing lack of respect.
(d) A shocking breach of convention.

13. What does the narrator's wife think of his apprehension about the apple-tree table?
(a) She thinks he is trying to frighten her.
(b) She thinks he is crazy.
(c) She thinks he is drunk.
(d) She thinks he is making it up.

14. What overcomes Captain Delano's criticism of Benito Cereno?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Courtesy.

15. What rumor pursues Daniel Orme into his life on shore?
(a) He was a thief.
(b) He was a buccaneer.
(c) He was a war hero.
(d) He was Frenchman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the bell-ringing automaton to kill Bannadonna?

2. What contributes to the narrator's thoughts about the apple-tree table being supernatural?

3. Why does the lightning rod salesman claim that his rods are superior?

4. What emblem does John Gentian refuse to wear?

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

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