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50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. What was the title of Herman Melville’s most famous novel?
a) Moby-Dick
b) Billy Budd
c) Typee
d) Bartleby, the Scrivener

2. In which year was Herman Melville born?
a) 1819
b) 1820
c) 1821
d) 1822

3. What was Melville’s occupation before becoming a full-time writer?
a) Sailor
b) Lawyer
c) Teacher
d) Farmer

4. Which of the following is NOT a work by Herman Melville?
a) The Scarlet Letter
b) Pierre
c) Omoo
d) The Confidence-Man

5. What is the name of the whaling ship in “Moby-Dick”?
a) Pequod
b) Essex50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
c) Rachel
d) Acushnet

6. Which literary movement is Herman Melville often associated with?
a) Transcendentalism
b) Romanticism
c) Realism
d) Naturalism

7. In “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” what repetitive phrase does Bartleby use when asked to do something?
a) “I prefer not to.”
b) “I can’t.”
c) “I’ll do it later.”
d) “Not now.”

8. Where was Herman Melville born?
a) New York City
b) Boston
c) London
d) Philadelphia

9. What is the name of the island where the protagonist is marooned in Melville’s novel “Typee”?
a) Nuku Hiva
b) Tahiti
c) Fiji50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
d) Hawaii

10. Which of Melville’s novels is semi-autobiographical, detailing his experiences as a sailor in the South Pacific?
a) Typee
b) Billy Budd50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
c) Redburn
d) White-Jacket

11. Who is the narrator of Melville’s novella “Benito Cereno”?
a) Captain Delano
b) Babo
c) Captain Vere
d) Billy Budd

12. What is the name of the young sailor who is the protagonist of “Billy Budd”?
a) Edward Fairfax Vere
b) John Claggart
c) Billy Budd
d) William Bligh

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13. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the name of Captain Ahab’s shipmate who is the narrator of the story?
a) Ishmael
b) Queequeg
c) Starbuck
d) Stubb

14. Which of Melville’s novels was published posthumously?
a) Moby-Dick
b) Pierre
c) Israel Potter
d) Billy Budd

15. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the name of the ship’s first mate?
a) Starbuck
b) Flask
c) Stubb
d) Queequeg

16. What is the occupation of the protagonist in Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener”?
a) Lawyer
b) Doctor
c) Banker50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
d) Journalist

17. Which of Melville’s novels explores themes of innocence and evil aboard a ship?
a) Billy Budd
b) Mardi50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
c) White-Jacket
d) Typee

18. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the name of the inn where Ishmael meets Queequeg?
a) The Spouter-Inn
b) The Try Pots
c) The Trap
d) The Ship’s Tavern

19. What is the name of the character who is a Quaker and opposes Ahab’s quest for vengeance in “Moby-Dick”?
a) Starbuck
b) Flask
c) Stubb
d) Queequeg

20. Which of Melville’s novels features a character named Captain Ahab?
a) Moby-Dick
b) Billy Budd
c) Typee
d) Redburn

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21. In “Billy Budd,” what is the occupation of John Claggart?
a) Ship’s carpenter
b) Master-at-arms
c) Cook
d) First mate

22. What is the central theme of “Billy Budd”?
a) The corruption of innocence
b) The pursuit of revenge
c) The struggle against nature50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
d) The clash of civilizations

23. Which of Melville’s works is a collection of stories based on his experiences in the South Seas?
a) Omoo
b) Israel Potter
c) Mardi
d) The Piazza Tales

24. What is the name of the mysterious figure who haunts the narrative of “Moby-Dick”?
a) Moby-Dick
b) Captain Ahab
c) The White Whale
d) The Manxman

25. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the significance of the color white?
a) Purity
b) Death
c) Vengeance
d) All of the above

26. What is the name of the captain who is the antagonist in “Billy Budd”?
a) Edward Fairfax Vere
b) John Claggart
c) Captain Ahab
d) Captain Bligh

27. Which of Melville’s novels explores themes of race and imperialism in the Pacific Islands?
a) Typee
b) Moby-Dick
c) Omoo
d) Billy Budd

28. What is the setting of Melville’s novel “Redburn”?
a) Liverpool
b) New York
c) London
d) Paris

29. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the fate of Captain Ahab?
a) He is killed by Moby-Dick
b) He survives and returns home
c) He dies of natural causes
d) He is lost at sea

30. Which of Melville’s novels is about a young American who joins a whaling ship?
a) Redburn
b) Omoo
c) Typee
d) White-Jacket

31. What is the name of the captain in Melville’s novel “White-Jacket”?
a) Captain Ahab
b) Captain Delano
c) Captain Vere
d) Captain Claret

32. Which of Melville’s works is a satire on the American legal system?
a) Bartleby, the Scrivener
b) Benito Cereno
c) The Confidence-Man
d) The Piazza Tales

33. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the name of the captain who previously lost his leg to the whale?
a) Captain Ahab
b)Captain Boomer
c) Captain Peleg
d) Captain Bilda50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET

34. Which of Melville’s novels is set primarily in the Marquesas Islands?
a) Mardi
b) Omoo
c) Typee
d) Redburn50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET

35. What is the name of the ship in “Benito Cereno”?
a) Bachelor’s Delight
b) San Dominick
c) Pequod
d) Jeroboam

36. What is the name of the mutinous sailor in “Billy Budd”?
a) John Claggart
b) Edward Fairfax Vere
c) Billy Budd
d) Red Whiskers

37. Which of Melville’s novels is about a failed mutiny on a whaling ship?
a) Billy Budd
b) Typee
c) Moby-Dick
d) White-Jacket

38. In “Moby-Dick,” who is the owner of the Pequod?
a) Captain Ahab
b) Captain Bildad
c) Captain Peleg
d) Captain Boomer

39. Which of Melville’s works is a retelling of the Biblical story of Adam and Eve?
a) The Confidence-Man
b) Israel Potter
c) Moby-Dick
d) The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids

40. What is the name of the ship in Melville’s novel “White-Jacket”?
a) The Pequod
b) The Jeroboam
c) The Neversink50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
d) The San Dominick

41. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the occupation of Queequeg?
a) Blacksmith
b) Carpenter
c) Harpooner
d) Cook

42. Which of Melville’s works is a satire on the optimism of the mid-19th-century United States?
a) The Confidence-Man
b) Moby-Dick
c) Pierre
d) Typee

43. What is the occupation of the protagonist in Melville’s novel “Israel Potter”?
a) Soldier
b) Sailor
c) Farmer
d) Lawyer

44. In “Billy Budd,” what is the fate of Billy Budd?
a) He is acquitted
b) He is hanged
c) He is imprisoned
d) He is promoted

45. Which of Melville’s novels is a philosophical allegory set on a fictional island in the Pacific Ocean?
a) Moby-Dick
b) Typee
c) Omoo
d) Mardi

46. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the occupation of Stubb?
a) Captain
b) Harpooner
c) First mate
d) Second mate

47. Which of Melville’s works is based on his experiences as a captive of cannibals in the South Seas?
a) Typee
b) Mardi
c) Omoo
d) Redburn

48. In “Moby-Dick,” what is the name of the cabin boy who is killed by Moby-Dick?
a) Pip
b) Flask
c) Stubb
d) Queequeg

49. Which of Melville’s novels is based on the true story of a mutiny on a whaling ship?
a) Moby-Dick
b) Billy Budd
c) Typee
d) White-Jacket

50. What is the genre of Melville’s novella “Benito Cereno”?
a) Gothic fiction
b) Sea adventure
c) Historical romance
d) Psychological thriller

Answer

1. a) Moby-Dick
2. a) 1819
3. a) Sailor
4. a) The Scarlet Letter
5. a) Pequod
6. b) Romanticism
7. a) “I prefer not to.”
8. a) New York City
9. a) Nuku Hiva
10. c) Redburn
11. a) Captain Delano
12. c) Billy Budd50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
13. a) Ishmael
14. d) Billy Budd50+ MCQs on Herman Melville with Answers for UGC NET
15. a) Starbuck
16. a) Lawyer
17. a) Billy Budd
18. a) The Spouter-Inn
19. a) Starbuck
20. a) Moby-Dick
21. b) Master-at-arms
22. a) The corruption of innocence
23. a) Omoo
24. c) The White Whale
25. d) All of the above
26. a) Edward Fairfax Vere
27. a) Typee
28. b) New York
29. a) He is killed by Moby-Dick
30. d) White-Jacket
31. d) Captain Claret
32. c) The Confidence-Man
33. b) Captain Boomer
34. c) Typee
35. b) San Dominick
36. c) Billy Budd
37. d) White-Jacket
38. b) Captain Bildad
39. d) The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids
40. c) The Neversink
41. c) Harpooner
42. a) The Confidence-Man
43. a) Soldier
44. b) He is hanged
45. d) Mardi
46. d) Second mate
47. a) Typee
48. a) Pip
49. d) White-Jacket
50. d) Psychological thriller