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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 did a strange boy give the narrator in the theater?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) An unexpected smile.
(c) A cup of ale.
(d) A cake of barley.

2. What is the first thing Bartleby says he would prefer not to do?
(a) Go for coffee.
(b) Compare a copy with its original.
(c) Copy a comparison of an original.
(d) Originate a copy.

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

4. Of what does the onstage action in the London theater remind the narrator?
(a) The theater at home on Broadway.
(b) The curmudgeonly landlady at his boarding house.
(c) The church service he had watched from the bell tower.
(d) His own childhood.

5. How does the narrator get into the London theater presentation?
(a) He sneaks in a side door.
(b) He finds a ticket on the sidewalk.
(c) He pawns his overcoat to buy a ticket.
(d) A stranger gives him a ticket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal from the islands supplies sailors with food and utensils?

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

3. How is the narrator punished for sneaking into the church?

4. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?

5. How much does the uncle in "The Happy Failure" think his invention is worth?

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