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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22 - Billy Budd.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What previous employment had shaped Bartleby?
(a) Working on a locomotive.
(b) Working in a dead letter office.
(c) Working as a court reporter.
(d) Working in a morgue.

3. On what holiday does John Gentian converse with passers-by?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter.

4. What is the profession of the narrator of Bartleby?
(a) Stockbroker.
(b) Tax accountant.
(c) Judge.
(d) Lawyer.

5. What food does Bartleby appear to eat exclusively?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Ginger nuts.
(c) Pine nuts.
(d) Chestnuts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Steelkilt's three remaining conspirators decide to do to save themselves?

4. Who lives in the cottage that the narrator of "The Piazza" finds in the mountains?

5. What does Blandmour believe God does for the poor?

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