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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Blandmour believe God does for the poor?
(a) God gives the poor very little help.
(b) God gives the poor the challenges they need.
(c) God charges the rich to care for the poor.
(d) God gives the poor everything they need for free.

2. What sentence was chalked below the figurehead?
(a) "Never follow."
(b) "Follow your faith."
(c) "Follow orders."
(d) "Follow your leader."

3. How does the narrator in "The Lightning Rod Man" feel about the storm before the salesman arrives?
(a) He thinks the storm "thought-provoking."
(b) He thinks the storm is "terrifying."
(c) He thinks the storm is "grand" and "glorious."
(d) He thinks the storm is "radiant" and "beautiful."

4. What famous person expressed a good opinion of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) John Jacob Astor.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) John D. Rockefeller.

5. What is unusual about the pork at the Coulters' dinner table?
(a) It is only fat and gristle.
(b) It is only hides.
(c) It is last year's.
(d) It is not really pork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in "The Paradise of Bachelors" say has become of the Knights Templar?

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

3. Why is it hard to see the mill when coming upon it?

4. What effect does the Marquis de Grandvin have on those around him?

5. What age is the narrator of Bartleby?

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