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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the narrator punished for sneaking into the church?
(a) He is warned and set free.
(b) He is imprisoned.
(c) He is jailed overnight and fined.
(d) He is publicly embarrassed, but pardoned.

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

3. How does the narrator describe the men who work the Erie Canal?
(a) They are sneaky and subtle.
(b) They are mild and calm.
(c) They are strong and virtuous.
(d) They are picturesquely wicked.

4. Why is the narrator of "The Two Temples" not allowed to enter the church?
(a) He doesn't appear to be a Christian.
(b) He is causing a disturbance.
(c) He looks poor and doesn't have a bribe.
(d) He looks like a heathen.

5. What was the message of the church meeting the narrator observed?
(a) "Hide not your light under a bushel."
(b) "Ye are the salt of the earth."
(c) "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's."
(d) "Repent and be saved."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steelkilt threaten to do if he is flogged by the captain?

2. What has the uncle in "The Happy Failure" invented?

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

4. What does the narrator's middle-aged employee offer to do for Bartleby?

5. Why does the captain decide not to flog Steelkilt?

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