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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Fate.
(c) Faith.
(d) Destiny.

2. Why doesn't the narrator do any evil deeds?
(a) To not increase the amount of evil in the world.
(b) He can't think of any.
(c) It's too time consuming.
(d) He doesn't get paid to do evil deeds.

3. Who concerns themselves with the mystical aspect of Rabbinic Judaism?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Buddists.
(c) Kabbalists.
(d) Hindus.

4. What does the narrator believe people do because they are unable to change their own attitudes?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Revolt.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Marry.

5. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?
(a) Individual faith.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Satan.

6. What is the only thing the narrator recognizes as reality?
(a) The love of God.
(b) The unconditional love of his mother.
(c) His own sensations.
(d) The unconditional love of his father.

7. What does the narrator say is the best way to ignore life?
(a) Writing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Watching television.

8. How does rain make the narrator feel?
(a) Invigorated.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) Anxious.

9. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?
(a) A writer.
(b) An infant.
(c) An actor.
(d) A painter.

10. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their finances.
(c) Their religious faith.
(d) Their destiny.

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

12. What does the narrator say is necessary to become king of the world?
(a) A large inheritance.
(b) An active imagination.
(c) Good political pull.
(d) Lots of respect and money.

13. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?
(a) The bodies of other people.
(b) The spirit of other people.
(c) Their concept of other people.
(d) The lustitude of other people.

14. What simple change does the narrator says has a liberating affect on one's spirit?
(a) Changing jobs.
(b) Changing bed linens.
(c) Changing a schedule.
(d) Changing workplace scenery.

15. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?
(a) Any idea based on religion rather than intellect.
(b) Any idea born in his workplace.
(c) Any idea born by a group of people.
(d) Any idea he offers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is best if one simply doesn't think about it?

2. What makes man long for a father figure to guide him, according to the narrator?

3. What does sunrise in the country make the narrator do?

4. Who is the narrator's boss?

5. The narrator says he does not need fast automobiles to understand what speed is like. How does he experience speed?

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