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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 been living there.
(d) Bartleby has stolen his things.

2. How does Merrymusk convince the narrator that he is a rich man?
(a) He has a large tract of land.
(b) He has a barn full of hay.
(c) He has a rooster worth five hundred dollars.
(d) He has a large family.

3. Why was Bannadonna excused for the homicide he committed?
(a) It was done in self-defense.
(b) It was justifiable.
(c) It was caused by esthetic passion.
(d) It was accidental.

4. What do the maids work to produce?
(a) Fabric.
(b) Paper.
(c) Machinery.
(d) Toothpicks.

5. What does the narrator decide to give the apple-tree table when he first discovers it?
(a) A warm environment.
(b) Kind attention.
(c) A place of honor.
(d) A happier book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two characteristics does Melville attribute to the islands of the Encantadas?

2. In "The Piazza," how does the narrator's house look to the inhabitants of the mountain cottage?

3. Why is Captain Delano glad he was not astute enough to recognize the mutiny?

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

5. To what did Captain Delano attribute Benito Cereno's ineffectiveness as captain?

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