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

2. Why does Coulter come home for lunch?
(a) To rest a little while.
(b) To get exercise from the walk.
(c) To please his wife.
(d) To enjoy a hot meal.

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

4. What does the crew decide not to do after Steelkilt is flogged?
(a) Start a mutiny.
(b) Obey the captain.
(c) Call out when whales were sighted.
(d) Desert together.

5. Why does the captain fear to shoot Steelkilt for his insubordination?
(a) It would be unfair.
(b) It would spark a mutiny.
(c) It would lead to a admiralty investigation.
(d) It would justify Radney's dishonorable actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator dismiss Bartleby for insubordination?

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

3. Who are Pedro and Sebastian in The Town-Ho's Story?

4. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?

5. Where does the narrator in The Town-Ho's story tell his tale?

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