Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Piazza Tales? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When he first says, "I prefer not to", what is it Bartleby refuses to do?
Copy documents.
Check the document he copied against an original.
Watch a marathon of the television show The Office.
Eat.
Q. What does Babo say is his "first blood"?
The murder of Don Aranda.
The blood he draws when he stabs Don Benito in the boat.
The blood when he nicks Don Benito shaving.
The moment when he kicks the lightning-rod salesman in the pants.
Q. Which of the following is correct?
Bartleby calls Ginger Nut "Jupiter Tonans."
Babo calls Benito Cereno "Jupiter Tonans."
The narrator calls the lightning-rod man "Jupiter Tonans."
The turtles on the Galapagos make a grunting noise that sounds like "Jupiter Tonans."
Q. The command "Follow your leader"
is written on the front of the San Dominick under the corpse of Don Aranda.
is inscribed on his bell by Bannadonna.
is copied by Bartleby over and over in lieu of the documents he should be writing.
is what the narrator of "The Piazza" says when he leads a movement to build porches on every house in Massachusetts.
Q. The narrator says "Oh Bartleby! Oh humanity!"
when he learns that Bartleby sleeps in the office.
when he learns that Bartleby is secretly Wonder Woman.
after Bartleby's death.
before Bartleby goes to jail.