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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 437 - 455.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped the narrator get his job?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

2. Why does the narrator's dreaming become painful?
(a) It is drug-induced.
(b) He's sleeping on a bad mattress.
(c) The dreams seem so real to him.
(d) He is suffering from insomnia.

3. What objects of nature does the narrator discuss when he describes Spring?
(a) Trees.
(b) Flowers.
(c) The moon and sun.
(d) Rainbows.

4. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?
(a) Common.
(b) Rich.
(c) Unfeeling.
(d) Intelligent.

5. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?
(a) Confused.
(b) Energized.
(c) Tired.
(d) Inspired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

2. Who enjoys being sick?

3. What remained constant about the scales the girl played on her instrument when she lived above the narrator?

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

5. What does the narrator suggest may exist in several dimensions including space, the ego, and the ideal?

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