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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Murder Radney.
(b) Obey the captain.
(c) Start a mutiny.
(d) Desert together.

3. How does Melville describe Captain Delano's personality?
(a) Autocratic and dictatorial.
(b) Trusting and benevolent.
(c) Mistrustful and suspicious.
(d) Pessimistic and unhappy.

4. How does the lightning rod salesman feel about thunderstorms?
(a) He is assured of his own safety.
(b) He is confident.
(c) He is terrified.
(d) He is relaxed and unafraid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?

2. What mythical character does the narrator say would have failed at his task if the chimney had then been in existence?

3. What does the narrator's middle-aged employee offer to do for Bartleby?

4. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?

5. Who is Atufal?

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