1 of 5
Where was Herman Melville born in 1819?

2 of 5
Which other prominent American writer did Melville befriend in a relationship of mutual influence?

3 of 5
Melville began to write his short stories after the release and commercial failure of which novel?

4 of 5
What intellectual school shaped the anti-slavery politics of “Beneto Cereno”?

5 of 5
Approximately how long after Melville’s 1891 death did critics “rediscover” his work and rescue him from obscurity?