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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?
(a) Errand boy.
(b) Cook.
(c) Legal research.
(d) Copying.

2. How long has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" worked on his invention?
(a) All month.
(b) Ten years.
(c) All year.
(d) Three months.

3. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?
(a) As harbingers of a bright future.
(b) As instruments of destruction.
(c) As symbols of human ingenuity.
(d) As uniters of families.

4. Why does the captain decide not to flog Steelkilt?
(a) He suddenly feels sorry for Steelkilt.
(b) He suddenly feels the menace of the rest of the crew.
(c) Steelkilt makes an inaudible threat.
(d) He suddenly feels ashamed of his own behavior.

5. What emotion does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" say he has never felt since the rooster died?
(a) The cheerful joys.
(b) The doleful dumps.
(c) The warm contentment.
(d) The silly slaphappiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

3. What two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?

4. Why does the Town-Ho's captain have to put the ship into port?

5. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?

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