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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 382 - 436.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What smell brings back memories of the narrator's childhood?
(a) Candy apples.
(b) Smoked ham.
(c) Cigarette smoke.
(d) Cotton Candy.

2. What sight makes the narrator wish he had the "gift of ruthless self-expression?"
(a) Sunset.
(b) Rain.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Rainbow.

3. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) Frost.
(b) Longfellow.
(c) Verde.
(d) Pope.

4. Why does the narrator say he believes animals are not happy?
(a) Because of their keen senses.
(b) Because they have smaller brains.
(c) Because they have no knowledge of happiness.
(d) Because they do not have a soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as being stoic?

2. What is the real purpose of literature, according to the narrator?

3. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?

4. Why does the narrator say poetry should be written by children?

5. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?

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