The following question pertains to Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener.”  Having accepted Bartleby’s eccentricities in exchange for his skills and industry as a copyist, what does the narrator learn about Bartleby’s actions one Sunday morning?

Identify the poet who wrote the following passage: And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;     So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating     “’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door— Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—             This it is and nothing more.”

Anne Bradstreet’s poetry demonstrates the Puritan emphasis on humility.

Which writer stated that the death of a beautiful woman is the “most poetical topic” in literature?

TRUE or FALSE: In The Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin promotes the virtues of hard work and industry. 

Identify the poet who wrote the following passage: God preaches, a noted Clergyman – And the sermon is never long, So instead of getting to Heaven, at last – I’m going, all along.

TRUE or FALSE: Frederick Douglass had a birth certificate upon which his birthdate and father’s name were printed.

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Which of the following test is NOT commonly used to diagnosis thyroid cancer?