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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 does the landlady give to the narrator that he refuses?
(a) Bread and butter.
(b) Beer.
(c) Bowl of soup.
(d) A blanket.

2. What does the narrator want to do before leaving Ylayali?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Slap her.
(c) Kneel before her.
(d) Laugh at her.

3. What part of the narrator's body is injured when he is hit by the cart?
(a) His head.
(b) His arm.
(c) His foot.
(d) His hands.

4. Who is the main character of the narrator's proposed play, 'The Sign of the Cross'?
(a) A nun.
(b) A priest.
(c) A widow.
(d) A prostitute.

5. What season is it at the beginning of Part Four?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what is the narrator hit?

2. What does the landlady ask the narrator to look over?

3. Where does the narrator recognize the cake-seller working?

4. What happens to the narrator after visiting the grocer's for the second time?

5. How does the narrator act on leaving Ylayali?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the captain of the Copégoro reluctant to hire the narrator, and what is his compromise?

2. What happens to the narrator that makes him aware of his mental sluggishness?

3. Why does the narrator put himself in view of The Chief?

4. What happens when the narrator goes to the grocer's to ask for a candle on credit?

5. Why does the narrator not speak to the woman in black when he first sees her outside his apartment?

6. Who lives in the family room?

7. What ails the narrator at the start of Part 3?

8. What convinces the narrator that he is sane?

9. Why does the narrator not eat all of his cakes?

10. What happens to make the narrator lose faith in his play?

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