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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's only sense of peace comes from reading?
(a) Psalms and Proverbs specifically.
(b) The New Testament.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The works of the Classical writers.

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

3. To what natural occurrence does the narrator liken his own feelings of tedium?
(a) Snow.
(b) Fog.
(c) Rain.
(d) Rainbow.

4. Which season does the narrator generally discuss?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?
(a) Walking among them and listening to them talk.
(b) Seeing a high school graduation ceremony.
(c) Seeing them play with their children.
(d) Watching a couple hold hands in the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does sunrise in the city make the narrator do?

2. What does the author advise people to do if they feel they must disclose information about themselves to others?

3. What is the only thing the narrator recognizes as reality?

4. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?

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

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