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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's middle-aged employee offer to do for Bartleby?
(a) Teach him better work habits.
(b) Teach him manners.
(c) Fire him.
(d) Black his eyes.

2. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?
(a) On the deck of the Pequod.
(b) On the deck of the Town-Ho.
(c) The Cape of Good Hope.
(d) Lima, Peru.

3. Why does the Town-Ho's captain have to put the ship into port?
(a) Its crewmen are ill with scurvy.
(b) There has been a mutiny on board.
(c) It has run out of supplies.
(d) It has sprung a leak.

4. How long has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" worked on his invention?
(a) Three months.
(b) Ten years.
(c) All year.
(d) All month.

5. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?
(a) A device for purifying water.
(b) A device for draining swamps.
(c) A device for building dams.
(d) A device for diverting rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the message of the church meeting the narrator observed?

2. What object does the lookout spot that takes Melville's ship to Norfolk Isle?

3. What does a scrivener do?

4. What is the narrator's condition when he goes to the theater in London?

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

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