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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. Who takes possession as the sole ruler of St. Charles Isle?
(a) A Creole soldier.
(b) A Bolivian pirate.
(c) A Chilean adventurer.
(d) A Peruvian king.

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

3. What does the arrangement of the office allow Bartleby to do with the narrator?
(a) Both see and hear him.
(b) Hear him but not see him.
(c) See him but not hear him.
(d) Neither see him nor hear him.

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

5. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?
(a) Cook.
(b) Copying.
(c) Errand boy.
(d) Legal research.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?

2. What part of the United States does the narrator of the Town-Ho's story claim is much like the sea?

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

4. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?

5. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?

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