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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 contributes to the narrator's thoughts about the apple-tree table being supernatural?
(a) The table is inscribed with signs and symbols.
(b) The table is Satanic-looking.
(c) The table is old.
(d) The table is unusually beautiful.

2. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?
(a) Lima, Peru.
(b) On the deck of the Town-Ho.
(c) The Cape of Good Hope.
(d) On the deck of the Pequod.

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

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

5. What does Melville call the government the Creole soldier established on St. Charles?
(a) A monarchy.
(b) A riotocracy.
(c) A theocracy.
(d) A democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I and My Chimney," what is the narrator's wife's maxim?

2. What sort of feet did the apple-tree table have?

3. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?

4. On what holiday does John Gentian converse with passers-by?

5. What office does the narrator of Bartleby hold that no longer exists?

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