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 opinion by John Jacob (15[1])Astor and (15[1])cries “Ah, Humanity” when a (15[1])character (15[1])dies after being sent to the (*) Tombs for (10[1])vagrancy. In this story from the Piazza Tales, Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut are (10[1])vexed by an employee’s refusal to copy legal documents. For 10 points, a clerk who frequently responds with “I would prefer not to” titles what “Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville? ■END■

ANSWER: Bartleby the Scrivener” [or “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”]
<Literature - American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Leo TaoMichigan CVassar3615
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan B6815
Andrew ZengStanfordIowa State7015
Pranav SivaramOhioPenn State A7515
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AIowa7615
Elie AounCase WesternVassar8410
Neal JoshiWUSTLNorth Carolina9810

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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