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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 - Benito Cereno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what did Captain Delano attribute Benito Cereno's ineffectiveness as captain?
(a) Ignorance, pride, and stubbornness.
(b) Youth, sickness, and gentility.
(c) Cruelty, harshness, and unkindness.
(d) Foolhardy disregard for good advice.

2. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?
(a) The ship seems uncertain of its direction.
(b) The ship flies no flag.
(c) The ship is bound for an uninhabited island.
(d) The ship is giving a distress signal.

3. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?
(a) A device for draining swamps.
(b) A device for purifying water.
(c) A device for building dams.
(d) A device for diverting rivers.

4. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?
(a) Bartleby is calm, showing no emotion.
(b) Bartleby is distressed.
(c) Bartleby is obviously emotionally upset.
(d) Bartleby promises to improve.

5. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?
(a) Bartleby is only occasionally industrious.
(b) Bartleby is not cheerful.
(c) Bartleby is frighteningly mechanical.
(d) Bartleby is relentlessly cheerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator get into the London theater presentation?

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

3. What do the maids work to produce?

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

5. What is Poor Man's Pudding?

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