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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 261 - 301.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, who are the only people who actually think in life?
(a) Poets.
(b) Psychologists and psychiatrists.
(c) Mystics and ascetics.
(d) Monks and nuns.

2. What is the reason that the people in the narrator's office are forced to turn off the electrical lights at an unusual time?
(a) Thunderstorm.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Cost.
(d) Tornado.

3. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?
(a) He realizes it hurts someone's feelings.
(b) He realizes it's no good.
(c) He realizes he has plagarized.
(d) He realizes it is not true.

4. What does the narrator say is an offensive form of human stupidity?
(a) Violence.
(b) Religion.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Marriage.

5. Who does the narrator visit in the country?
(a) An aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

2. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?

3. After rereading some of his writings, what does the narrator think of them?

4. What does the narrator prefer to write?

5. Why does the narrator say poetry should be written by children?

(see the answer key)

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