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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 quality of Bartleby's induces the narrator to hire him?
(a) Bartleby is sedate.
(b) Bartleby is energetic.
(c) Bartleby is efficient.
(d) Bartleby is friendly.

2. What prevents Steelkilt from taking revenge on Radney?
(a) The captain orders Radney executed.
(b) Steelkilt has a change of heart.
(c) Moby Dick kills Radney.
(d) Radney apologizes.

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

4. What is Poor Man's Pudding?
(a) Water, salt, and flour.
(b) Milk, eggs, and sugar.
(c) Flour, sugar, cinnamon, and milk.
(d) Rice, milk, and salt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator accommodate the weakness of his oldest scrivener?

2. Who takes possession as the sole ruler of St. Charles Isle?

3. What age is the narrator of Bartleby?

4. How does the narrator get into the London theater presentation?

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

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