1. Which one of the following groups of novelists has, in the given order, Captain Ahab, Hester Prynne, Roderick Usher and Daisy Miller as characters in their novels?
1. Henry James, Edgar A. Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville
2. Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar A. Poe, Henry James
3. Edgar A. Poe, Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville
4. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar A. Poe, Henry James, Herman Melville
ANSWER:2
2. What is the name of the boat that rescues Ishmael in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick?
(1) Pequod
(2) Rachel
(3) Hagar
(4) Sphinx
ANSWER:2
3. In Herman Melville’s well-known story “Bartleby the Scrivener”, what does the word “scrivener” mean?
(1) Pasting clerks in a Dead Letter Office
(2) Articled clerks in an accountant’s office
(3) Clerks who copy legal documents by hand.
(4) Clerks who serve as personal assistants to judges.
ANSWER:3