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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator of "Jimmy Rose" refuse to change the wallpaper in his parlor?
(a) It reminds him or a rose garden.
(b) It reminds him of his childhood.
(c) It reminds him of better days.
(d) It reminds him of Jimmy Rose.

3. Why is Captain Delano glad he was not astute enough to recognize the mutiny?
(a) He would have sacrificed his own crew.
(b) He would have lost faith in mankind.
(c) He would have been killed without helping Benito Cereno.
(d) He would not have known what to do.

4. What caused the bell-ringing automaton to kill Bannadonna?
(a) A manufacturing error.
(b) An unrepaired defect.
(c) A design flaw.
(d) Jealousy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in "The Fiddler" aspire to become?

2. Why does the narrator of "The Piazza" believe the soil is richer around the cottage that he finds?

3. What was the disadvantage of building the piazza on the north side of the house?

4. Who lives in the cottage that the narrator of "The Piazza" finds in the mountains?

5. What impresses the narrator about the mill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the peacocks on the wallpaper in the parlor seem to the narrator to represent Jimmy Rose?

2. In "The Lightning Rod Man," why does the narrator pretend to mistake the salesman for the god Jupiter Tonans?

3. What does Jimmy Rose retain after he has lost his fortune?

4. What is the figurehead on the San Dominick?

5. What does the landscape painter, B. Hobbema Brown, believe about the Marquis de Grandvin?

6. What haunts the narrator at the conclusion of "The Piazza"?

7. Why does the narrator of "I and My Chimney" believe his chimney is good for invalids?

8. What is unusual about the bug that emerges from the apple-tree table in the story of that name?

9. What is Captain Delano's intention in boarding Benito Cereno's ship?

10. What does the narrator of "The Fiddler" first admire about Hautboy?

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