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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 do Steelkilt's three remaining conspirators decide to do to save themselves?
(a) Sneak back to their posts.
(b) Bind Steelkilt and give him to the captain.
(c) Kill Steelkilt.
(d) Support Steelkilt's mutiny.

2. What does a scrivener do?
(a) Organizes court records.
(b) Researches legal precedents.
(c) Makes copies of legal documents.
(d) Records testimony in court.

3. What does the crew decide to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Start a mutiny.
(b) Murder Radney.
(c) Desert together.
(d) Obey the captain.

4. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?
(a) They desert the ship.
(b) They give up life on the sea.
(c) They call for help.
(d) They murder the captain.

5. How does Bartleby respond to the other employees?
(a) He resents them.
(b) He thanks them.
(c) He emulates them.
(d) He ignores them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

2. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?

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

4. What do the Peruvian listeners force the storyteller to do to prove his story is true?

5. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?

(see the answer key)

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