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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Stockbroker.
(c) Judge.
(d) Tax accountant.

2. How does the narrator describe life on the sea as compared to farming or working the Erie Canal?
(a) Sea life is "daring and brave."
(b) Sea life is "quietly Christian."
(c) Sea life is "calm and pure."
(d) Sea life is "reckless and barbaric."

3. Whose job is it to normally sweep the deck of a ship?
(a) The men on watch.
(b) The lowest seaman.
(c) The boys on board.
(d) All members of the work gangs.

4. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?
(a) Pain and trouble are for other people.
(b) Pain and trouble are nonexistent.
(c) Pain and trouble are unavoidable.
(d) Pain and trouble are everywhere.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the onstage action in the London theater remind the narrator?

2. How does the narrator get into the London theater presentation?

3. In which of Melville's novels is "The Town-Ho's Story" included?

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

5. What do the maids work to produce?

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