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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the disadvantage of building the piazza on the north side of the house?
(a) The north side is coldest.
(b) The north side faces the village.
(c) The north side faces the neighbors.
(d) The north side has the narrowest view.

2. What do the Peruvian listeners force the storyteller to do to prove his story is true?
(a) Show some evidence.
(b) Cross his heart.
(c) Swear on the Bible.
(d) Produce another witness.

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

4. How do the bachelors in the Temple keep time?
(a) By their reminiscences.
(b) By the wine they drank.
(c) By the jokes they told.
(d) By the courses of the meal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do both the captain and Steelkilt go after they separate?

2. Why does the narrator of "The Piazza" believe the soil is richer around the cottage that he finds?

3. Whose job is it to normally sweep the deck of a ship?

4. How long has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" worked on his invention?

5. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" do with his manuscripts?

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