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The Piazza Tales True or False

1. Why does the narrator in "Bartleby" say you should love one another? -> Charity will get you into heaven.
2. In "The Piazza," what suggests the narrator is lonely or isolated? -> He prefers not to do anything.
3. Babo's deceit is successful because -> Captain Delano is incredibly sleepy and spends most of the time on ship unconscious in Don Benito's cabin.
4. In what way might Bartleby be considered a stand-in for Melville? -> Melville and Bartleby both write for a living, and both were not very successful.
5. "Benito Cereno" can be seen as a racist story if you believe Melville intended -> Captain Delano to be the villain of the story.

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