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. Bartleby sleeps in his office. This is indicative of the way in which
the office at that time was becoming central to the lives of many people.
more people at that time were sleeping longer than ever before.
homelessness was becoming a major social issue.
many people at the time lived in their offices to save on rent.
Q. Don Aranda's skeleton could be a symbol of
the evils of slavery.
Melville's desire to direct slasher films.
Captain Delano's stupidity.
The famine aboard the ship.
Q. When the narrator breaks the lightning-rod, he is symbolically
declaring himself a god.
declaring himself a great writer.
rejecting all door-to-door salesman everywhere.
rejecting human fear.
Q. For Melville the turtles in the Galapagos show that
life in the Encantadas is slow but beautiful.
the Encantadas have a bad side, but even they have a good side.
turtles are everywhere because everyone loves them.
the Encantadas are a site of rich biodiversity.
Q. The flaw in Bannadonna's bell symbolizes
the need to pay workers a fair wage.
the pride of man.
the evil of all human science.
the need for improved metallurgy.