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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the arrangement of the office allow Bartleby to do with the narrator?
(a) Neither see him nor hear him.
(b) Hear him but not see him.
(c) Both see and hear him.
(d) See him but not hear him.

3. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?
(a) Jump overboard.
(b) Tell the admiralty board of review.
(c) Murder the captain.
(d) Seek an unnamed revenge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Steelkilt from taking revenge on Radney?

2. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?

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

4. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?

5. What do Steelkilt and his men demand in return for obeying orders?

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