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

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

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

4. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?
(a) Working in a morgue.
(b) Working on a locomotive.
(c) Working in a dead letter office.
(d) Working as a court reporter.

5. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?
(a) Bartleby is frighteningly mechanical.
(b) Bartleby is relentlessly cheerful.
(c) Bartleby is not cheerful.
(d) Bartleby is only occasionally industrious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do both the captain and Steelkilt go after they separate?

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

4. What does Bartleby's demeanor show about his eccentricities?

5. What do the other employees think of Bartleby's refusals?

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