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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?
(a) Bartleby is distressed.
(b) Bartleby promises to improve.
(c) Bartleby is obviously emotionally upset.
(d) Bartleby is calm, showing no emotion.

3. How is the narrator punished for sneaking into the church?
(a) He is publicly embarrassed, but pardoned.
(b) He is imprisoned.
(c) He is warned and set free.
(d) He is jailed overnight and fined.

4. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?
(a) Sailors on the Town-Ho.
(b) Friends of the narrator.
(c) Writers.
(d) Sailors on the Pequod.

5. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Murder Radney.
(b) Obey the captain.
(c) Desert together.
(d) Start a mutiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What office does the narrator of Bartleby hold that no longer exists?

2. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" call the rooster Signor Beneventano?

3. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?

4. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?

5. What does the crew decide not to do after Steelkilt is flogged?

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