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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "I and My Chimney," what is the narrator's wife's maxim?
(a) Whatever is, is wrong and must be altered.
(b) Whatever.
(c) Whatever is not, is not.
(d) Whatever is, is right.

2. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" treat his creditor after hearing the crow?
(a) He pays him promptly.
(b) He offers to double his payment.
(c) He throws him out.
(d) He apologizes.

3. What country possessed the Encantadas at the time Melville wrote?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Chile.
(d) Peru.

4. What does Melville call the government the Creole soldier established on St. Charles?
(a) A democracy.
(b) A monarchy.
(c) A riotocracy.
(d) A theocracy.

5. What god does the narrator in "The Lightning Rod Man" think the salesman resembles?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard to see the mill when coming upon it?

2. What impresses the narrator about the mill?

3. Who is the worst enemy of the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?"

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

5. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe he should not be sued?

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