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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is making the narrator feel drunk?
(a) Sleeplessness.
(b) Gin.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Whiskey.

2. To what does the narrator liken the old man as he climbs the hill?
(a) A mule.
(b) An insect.
(c) A fish.
(d) A bear.

3. What does the narrator make a habit of eating to stave off hunger?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Insects.
(c) Grass.
(d) Wood shavings.

4. What is the stonecutter wearing in the Cemetery of Christ?
(a) Red overalls.
(b) Blue spectacles.
(c) A green cap.
(d) Black polished shoes.

5. What is the old man's profession?
(a) A tanner.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) A builder.
(d) A welt binder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what are the walls of the final chamber made in the narrator's fantasy?

2. What does the narrator order at the cafe in Stor Street?

3. What newspaper covers the walls of the narrator's apartment?

4. What does the narrator call the woman who appears at the window of 2 St. Olaf's Place?

5. What does the old man say he needs money to buy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator stop to read the late editions of the newspapers, and for what does he apply?

2. Why do the passers-by anger the narrator?

3. How does the narrator view the red rocking chair when he decides to leave his apartment for good?

4. What story does the narrator tell the old man?

5. How does the narrator punish himself for nearly asking the editor for money?

6. What does the narrator find sitting on his bedside table when he returns to his old apartment?

7. Why is the narrator glad when the stable-boy asks him for five kroner?

8. How does the narrator treat the two women?

9. Why does the narrator suspect Scissors of trying to drive him away?

10. How is the narrator feeling when he leaves the apartment?

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