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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 261 - 301.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?
(a) Unconscious bravery.
(b) Unconscious sleep.
(c) Unconscious stupor.
(d) Unconscious intelligence.

2. What, in addition to dreams, does the narrator say can substitute life?
(a) Art.
(b) Entertaining.
(c) Movies.
(d) Music.

3. How many times has the narrator been in love?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) A dozen or more times.
(d) Once.

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

5. Which play does the narrator say is terribly flawed?
(a) A Mid-Summer Night's Dream.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) MacBeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play that the narrator discusses as terribly flawed?

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

3. According to the narrator, who are the only people who actually think in life?

4. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?

5. The narrator says humans outwardly worship perfection. What does he say they do secretly?

(see the answer key)

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