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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What good qualities does Bartleby have as an employee?
(a) He is enthusiastic and energetic.
(b) He is amiable and friendly.
(c) He is hard-working and honest.
(d) He is eager to help.

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

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

4. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) John D. Rockefeller.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) John Jacob Astor.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

5. Why does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe he should not be sued?
(a) He is a hospitable, generous man.
(b) His interest payments are exorbitant.
(c) His creditor is a grumpy person.
(d) His debt was unfairly imposed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melville say is the most populous species on the island of Albermarle?

2. What makes Moby Dick an unusual whale?

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

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

5. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?

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