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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 2 that “a true artist can no more play upon the piano or violin without putting his whole body in accord with the emotions he is striving to express than a swallow can” do what?
(a) “Sing without being loud.”
(b) “Eat without being vulnerable.”
(c) “Fly without being graceful.”
(d) “Sing without melody.”

2. By what age could the narrator play by ear all of the hymns and songs his mother knew?
(a) 15.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

3. What does the narrator say he had a particular fondness for in his childhood in Chapter 1?
(a) Black keys.
(b) White keys.
(c) Pedals.
(d) Slidebars.

4. What book does the narrator describe as having “used to lie in splendid neglect on the center table in our little parlor” in Chapter 2?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Korah.
(c) The Episcopal Prayer-book.
(d) The Torah.

5. The narrator claims in Chapter 1, “As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little” what?
(a) Patsy.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Citizen.
(d) Aristocrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What present does the narrator describe receiving from his father in Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator say he has never been good at because his “ideas of interpretation were always too strongly individual”?

3. How old is the narrator when his mother decides to enter him into public school?

4. It is the narrator’s duty to bring what to the tall man with the small, dark moustache when he visits in Chapter 1?

5. On what day of the week does the narrator’s mother play the piano in Chapter 1?

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