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 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 Astor and cries “Ah, Humanity” when a character dies after being sent to the (*) Tombs for vagrancy. In this story from the (10[1])Piazza Tales, Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut are vexed by an employee’s refusal to copy legal documents. For 10 points, a clerk who frequently responds with “I would prefer (-5[1])not to” titles what “Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville? (0[2])■END■

ANSWER: Bartleby the Scrivener” [or “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”]
<Literature - American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AWUSTL9010
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt BGeorgia Tech B119-5
Devam SrivastavaGeorgia Tech CBelmont1300
Lauren BrownBelmontGeorgia Tech C1300

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%50%17%81.33
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2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y333%0%33%90.00
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