The Piazza Tales Quizzes

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.