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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What first alarms the narrator about the apple-tree table?
(a) A ticking sound.
(b) A mysterious odor.
(c) A sense of pervading evil.
(d) A steady drip.

3. What causes Captain Delano to suspect Benito Cereno is an impostor?
(a) His confusion.
(b) His ignorance of seamanship.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His weakness in command.

4. How did Captain Delano evaluate the relationship between Benito Cereno and Babo?
(a) A frightening scene of dependency.
(b) A shocking breach of convention.
(c) A distressing lack of respect.
(d) An enviable spectacle of fidelity.

5. How was John Marr wounded?
(a) Fighting with pirates.
(b) Whaling.
(c) Fighting in the War of 1812.
(d) Falling from a ship's rigging.

6. Why does John Gentian take "liberties with etiquette"?
(a) He is concerned with larger issues.
(b) He is rude and thoughtless.
(c) He is straightforward and impulsive.
(d) He is unlearned.

7. What effect does the Marquis de Grandvin have on those around him?
(a) His presence is enriching.
(b) His presence is embarrassing.
(c) His presence is irritating.
(d) His presence is confusing.

8. Why is the strange ship low on provisions?
(a) They have been under supplied.
(b) They have taken on additional passengers.
(c) They have been becalmed.
(d) They have been lost.

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

10. How does the narrator of "The Piazza" travel to the spot in the mountains that he wants to see?
(a) In a yawl.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On foot.
(d) In a carriage.

11. What has Hautboy accomplished in "The Fiddler?"
(a) Hautboy has developed great technical proficiency.
(b) Hautboy has learned to be happy.
(c) Hautboy has become famous.
(d) Hautboy has become rich.

12. Why was Bannadonna excused for the homicide he committed?
(a) It was caused by esthetic passion.
(b) It was justifiable.
(c) It was done in self-defense.
(d) It was accidental.

13. What is the temperature at the mill?
(a) Warm.
(b) Hot.
(c) Oppressively hot.
(d) Cold.

14. What habit of the bachelors in the Temple does the narrator wish to introduce in his own country?
(a) Mulled wine.
(b) Toasts.
(c) Aperatifs.
(d) Snuff.

15. What emblem does John Gentian wear on his left lapel?
(a) A Masonic symbol.
(b) An army medal.
(c) Gold eagle wings.
(d) A golden circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor pursues Daniel Orme into his life on shore?

2. Where do "'Gees" come from?

3. On what holiday does John Gentian converse with passers-by?

4. What do the maids work to produce?

5. Why is it hard to see the mill when coming upon it?

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