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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 a scrivener do?
(a) Researches legal precedents.
(b) Organizes court records.
(c) Makes copies of legal documents.
(d) Records testimony in court.

2. What does the crew decide not to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Call out when whales were sighted.
(b) Desert together.
(c) Start a mutiny.
(d) Obey the captain.

3. What age is the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) In his thirties.
(b) In his forties.
(c) In his fifties.
(d) In his sixties.

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

5. What do Steelkilt and his men demand in return for obeying orders?
(a) They will not be punished.
(b) Radney will be punished.
(c) They will not have to sweep the decks.
(d) They will be given better wages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?

2. Where do both the captain and Steelkilt go after they separate?

3. What quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?

4. How does the narrator describe the men who work the Erie Canal?

5. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?

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