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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do both the captain and Steelkilt go after they separate?
(a) England.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) France.
(d) Hawaii.

4. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?
(a) The approval of his peers.
(b) Self-approval.
(c) Bartleby's friendship.
(d) The approval of his employees.

5. What do the other employees think of Bartleby's refusals?
(a) They think Bartleby should be fired.
(b) They think Bartleby should be forgiven.
(c) They think Bartleby should be excused.
(d) They think Bartleby should be promoted.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of Melville's novels is "The Town-Ho's Story" included?

2. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?

3. What are the two failings the narrator sees in his middle-aged scrivener?

4. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?

5. What do Steelkilt's three remaining conspirators decide to do to save themselves?

(see the answer key)

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