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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the bell-ringing automaton to kill Bannadonna?
(a) A manufacturing error.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) An unrepaired defect.
(d) A design flaw.

2. To what did Captain Delano attribute Benito Cereno's ineffectiveness as captain?
(a) Youth, sickness, and gentility.
(b) Foolhardy disregard for good advice.
(c) Ignorance, pride, and stubbornness.
(d) Cruelty, harshness, and unkindness.

3. What effect does the Marquis de Grandvin have on those around him?
(a) His presence is irritating.
(b) His presence is confusing.
(c) His presence is enriching.
(d) His presence is embarrassing.

4. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" aspire to become?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Rich.
(c) Famous.
(d) Happy.

5. How does Captain Delano evaluate Benito Cereno's condition when he first meets him?
(a) Captain Delano evalutes Benito Cereno as cruel.
(b) Captain Delano perceives Benito Cereno to be physically and mentally disabled.
(c) Captain Delano evalutes Benito Cereno as dictatorial.
(d) Captain Delano evaluates Benito Cereno as weak and ineffectual.

6. Why had Jimmy Rose often been chosen to present awards?
(a) He spoke well.
(b) He was famous.
(c) He was handsome.
(d) He was a generous donor.

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

8. Whose cause does the Marquis de Grandvin champion?
(a) The French.
(b) Women.
(c) Animals.
(d) Freedom fighters.

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

10. What impresses the narrator about the mill?
(a) The efficiency of the operation.
(b) The gigantic press machine.
(c) The clean air and water.
(d) The cheerfulness of the workers.

11. What does Benito Cereno say has happened to his partner, Alexandro Aranda?
(a) He died of fever.
(b) He fell overboard.
(c) He left the ship at the last port.
(d) He was murdered.

12. What does the narrator decide to give the apple-tree table when he first discovers it?
(a) A warm environment.
(b) A place of honor.
(c) A happier book.
(d) Kind attention.

13. What had Hautboy lost in order to succeed?
(a) Fear.
(b) Glory.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Guilt.

14. What habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?
(a) Snuff.
(b) Aperatifs.
(c) Toasts.
(d) Mulled wine.

15. To what did Captain Delano attribute the ship's being so long becalmed?
(a) Bad luck.
(b) Misdirection.
(c) Poor seamanship.
(d) Unusual weather.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unusual about the strange ship's figurehead?

3. What first attracts the narrator of "The Piazza" to a building far in the mountains?

4. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?

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

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