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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 good qualities does Bartleby have as an employee?
(a) He is enthusiastic and energetic.
(b) He is eager to help.
(c) He is amiable and friendly.
(d) He is hard-working and honest.

2. What is the main task of the narrator's youngest employee in Bartleby?
(a) Copying.
(b) Cook.
(c) Legal research.
(d) Errand boy.

3. What does John Gentian say are caused by stirring deeds?
(a) Stirring songs.
(b) Stirring novels.
(c) Stirring thoughts.
(d) Stirring rhymes.

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

5. What do the crew members do as soon as the Town-Ho reaches port?
(a) They call for help.
(b) They give up life on the sea.
(c) They desert the ship.
(d) They murder the captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose job is it to normally sweep the deck of a ship?

2. Why is the narrator of "The Two Temples" not allowed to enter the church?

3. What benefit does the narrator get from his indulgence of Bartleby's eccentricities?

4. What did the American ship, the Essex, see in the Encantadas?

5. What impresses the narrator about the mill?

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