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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many types of artists does the narrator say there are?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. Why does the narrator say poetry should be written by children?
(a) Because they understand meter.
(b) Because it is elementary.
(c) Because they have an honesty that cannot be duplicated.
(d) Because they have a natural rhythm.

3. According to the narrator, what is developing when a person realizes their greatest area of anxiety is indeed insignificant?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Love.
(d) Faith.

4. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?
(a) He realizes it hurts someone's feelings.
(b) He realizes it's no good.
(c) He realizes he has plagarized.
(d) He realizes it is not true.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?

2. Why does the narrator's dreaming become painful?

3. Which of the narrator's beliefs seems to change daily?

4. What lie does the narrator tell a clerk about his feelings about being alone?

5. What does the narrator say is a disease born from civilization?

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