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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 overcomes Captain Delano's criticism of Benito Cereno?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Courtesy.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Compassion.

2. What do the maids work to produce?
(a) Paper.
(b) Toothpicks.
(c) Machinery.
(d) Fabric.

3. What animal from the islands supplies sailors with food and utensils?
(a) The iguana.
(b) The seal.
(c) The tortoise.
(d) The albatross.

4. In which of Melville's novels is "The Town-Ho's Story" included?
(a) The Confidence Man.
(b) Mardi.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) Billy Budd.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What loss of John Gentian's is noticed most on May thirtieth?

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

3. What does Blandmour believe God does for the poor?

4. How does Melville describe Captain Delano's personality?

5. To what did Captain Delano attribute the ship's being so long becalmed?

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