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

2. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) John D. Rockefeller.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) John Jacob Astor.

3. What had Hautboy lost in order to succeed?
(a) Fear.
(b) Glory.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Guilt.

4. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?
(a) Pain and trouble are nonexistent.
(b) Pain and trouble are everywhere.
(c) Pain and trouble are unavoidable.
(d) Pain and trouble are for other people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Captain Delano evaluate Benito Cereno's condition when he first meets him?

2. Why is the strange ship low on provisions?

3. What has Hautboy accomplished in "The Fiddler?"

4. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?

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

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