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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 unusually beautiful.
(d) The table is Satanic-looking.

3. How was John Marr wounded?
(a) Falling from a ship's rigging.
(b) Fighting with pirates.
(c) Whaling.
(d) Fighting in the War of 1812.

4. How does the narrator in "The Lightning Rod Man" feel about the storm before the salesman arrives?
(a) He thinks the storm "thought-provoking."
(b) He thinks the storm is "grand" and "glorious."
(c) He thinks the storm is "radiant" and "beautiful."
(d) He thinks the storm is "terrifying."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Jimmy Rose often been chosen to present awards?

2. What effect does the Marquis de Grandvin have on those around him?

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

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

5. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" identify with his chimney?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the figurehead on the San Dominick?

2. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" believe his chimney is good for invalids?

3. In "The Lightning Rod Man," why does the narrator pretend to mistake the salesman for the god Jupiter Tonans?

4. What does the narrator claim shows Jack Gentian's natural gentility?

5. What does the chimney in "I and My Chimney" provide for the narrator on the second landing?

6. Why doesn't the narrator in "The Piazza" grant Marianna's wish and tell her that he is the resident of the house that she believes contains happiness?

7. What is unusual about the bug that emerges from the apple-tree table in the story of that name?

8. Why did the Spanish naval board of inquiry at first reject parts of Benito Cereno's deposition?

9. What does the narrator of "The Fiddler" first admire about Hautboy?

10. What is Captain Delano's intention in boarding Benito Cereno's ship?

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