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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 does rain make the narrator feel?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Invigorated.
(d) Sleepy.

2. How does the narrator think that others see him?
(a) As a freak.
(b) As a very intelligent, sensitve man.
(c) As a romantic writer.
(d) As a stranger or intruder.

3. What is the real purpose of literature, according to the narrator?
(a) To inform.
(b) To entertain the highly educated elite.
(c) To entertain the masses.
(d) To give the writer a creative outlet.

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

5. When does the narrator say life will start working in his favor?
(a) Never.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) On his birthday.
(d) On New Year's Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does the narrator have for business owners?

2. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?

3. What does the narrator say is the best way to ignore life?

4. Which of the narrator's poems does he like in the present day?

5. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?

(see the answer key)

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