Question

A character in this story is placed behind a high green folding screen so that “privacy and society” could be conjoined. In an area that is “as deserted as Petra” on a Sunday, this story’s narrator (15[1])is distressed to discover a “sole spectator of a solitude” keeping a blanket under a desk. An elderly man in this story repeatedly mentions being held in high (15[1])opinion by John Jacob (15[2])Astor and (15[1])cries “Ah, Humanity” when a (15[1])character (15[1])dies (-5[1])after being sent (15[1])to (15[1])the (*) Tombs (10[1])for (10[2])vagrancy. In this story from the (10[1])Piazza (10[1])Tales, Turkey, Nippers, and (10[1])Ginger (10[2])Nut are (10[1])vexed by an employee’s refusal to (10[1])copy legal documents. For 10 (10[1])points, a clerk who frequently responds with “I would (-5[1])prefer (-5[1])not to” titles what “Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville? (10[1]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Bartleby the Scrivener” [or “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”]
<Literature - American Literature>
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%50%17%81.33
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%97.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y333%0%33%90.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%67%0%78.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%100%0%36.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%33%100.67

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