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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer say being too conscious is?
(a) A virtue.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A weakness.
(d) An illness.

2. What does the writer think a man of action does when faced with a wall?
(a) Gives up.
(b) Seeks assistance.
(c) Finds a solution.
(d) Changes his approach.

3. The writer goes on to explain what men do because they cannot change. What does the writer think men do in this instance?
(a) Live a lie.
(b) Become men of action.
(c) Give up hope.
(d) Nothing.

4. In Part 1, what does the writer state is his profession?
(a) Civil Servant.
(b) Thief.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Accountant.

5. An individual is justified in being what according to the law of heightened consciousness?
(a) A scoundrel.
(b) A man of action.
(c) A sick man.
(d) An intellectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say all men must accept?

2. How does the writer regard these feelings about the wall?

3. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?

5. In what does the writer find pleasure?

(see the answer key)

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