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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 emotion does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" say he has never felt since the rooster died?
(a) The cheerful joys.
(b) The doleful dumps.
(c) The warm contentment.
(d) The silly slaphappiness.

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

3. What surprises the narrator when he goes to his office on a Sunday?
(a) Bartleby has been working on the weekend.
(b) Bartleby has invited friends to the office.
(c) Bartleby has stolen his things.
(d) Bartleby has been living there.

4. With what weapon does Radney threaten Steelkilt?
(a) A knife.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A gun.
(d) A rope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a scrivener do?

2. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?

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

4. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" treat his creditor after hearing the crow?

5. How does Bartleby respond to the other employees?

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