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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the United States does the narrator of the Town-Ho's story claim is much like the sea?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Erie Canal.
(c) The Great Lakes region.
(d) Lake Tahoe.

2. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?
(a) By hiring an assistant for him.
(b) By giving him unimportant papers in the morning.
(c) By giving him unimportant papers in the afternoon.
(d) By allowing him to work only half a day.

3. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?
(a) Compare a copy with its original.
(b) Copy a comparison of an original.
(c) Originate a copy.
(d) Go for coffee.

4. How does the narrator of "The Two Temples" attend the meeting at the church?
(a) He sneaks into the foyer.
(b) He hides in the bell tower.
(c) He bribes the man who guards the door.
(d) He disguises himself as the bell ringer.

5. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?
(a) Glory be to God in the highest!
(b) Hello!
(c) Hark!
(d) Beware!

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose job is it to normally sweep the deck of a ship?

2. What is the narrator's condition when he goes to the theater in London?

3. Who is the worst enemy of the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?"

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

5. With what alliteration does Melville describe the islands?

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