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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 - Benito Cereno.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator not pleased with Bartleby's industriousness?
(a) Bartleby is not cheerful.
(b) Bartleby is frighteningly mechanical.
(c) Bartleby is only occasionally industrious.
(d) Bartleby is relentlessly cheerful.

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

3. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?
(a) They've become schoolteachers.
(b) They've become warriors.
(c) They've become doctors.
(d) They've become lawyers.

4. What emotion does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" say he has never felt since the rooster died?
(a) The warm contentment.
(b) The silly slaphappiness.
(c) The cheerful joys.
(d) The doleful dumps.

5. What is the attitude of the bachelors in the Temple toward pain and trouble?
(a) Pain and trouble are nonexistent.
(b) Pain and trouble are everywhere.
(c) Pain and trouble are for other people.
(d) Pain and trouble are unavoidable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the strange ship low on provisions?

2. How does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" view locomotives and steamships?

3. What indicates to Captain Delano that the strange ship may be in trouble?

4. What does the narrator of "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo?" believe the rooster's crow is saying?

5. What does a scrivener do?

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