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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's middle-aged employee offer to do for Bartleby?
(a) Teach him manners.
(b) Fire him.
(c) Teach him better work habits.
(d) Black his eyes.

2. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?
(a) They call for help.
(b) They murder the captain.
(c) They give up life on the sea.
(d) They desert the ship.

3. How does the narrator describe the men who work the Erie Canal?
(a) They are mild and calm.
(b) They are strong and virtuous.
(c) They are sneaky and subtle.
(d) They are picturesquely wicked.

4. What do the Peruvian listeners force the storyteller to do to prove his story is true?
(a) Produce another witness.
(b) Cross his heart.
(c) Show some evidence.
(d) Swear on the Bible.

5. How does Bartleby respond to the other employees?
(a) He emulates them.
(b) He thanks them.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He resents them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the United States does the narrator of the Town-Ho's story claim is much like the sea?

2. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?

3. With what weapon does Radney threaten Steelkilt?

4. What does the arrangement of the office allow Bartleby to do with the narrator?

5. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?

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