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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 characteristic does the narrator hope his wife will have?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Depression.
(d) Sterility.

2. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) His mother.
(b) His inner being.
(c) His coworkers.
(d) His father.

3. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Vasquez.
(b) Soares.
(c) Pessoa.
(d) Moreira.

4. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?
(a) Forget the previous day.
(b) Pick up where the previous day left off.
(c) Recall the previous day.
(d) Do one good deed more than the previous day.

5. After pointing out a play that he describes as terribly flawed, how does the narrator say he would have felt to be the author of that play?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Encouraged.
(c) Pitiful.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the narrator do any evil deeds?

3. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?

4. What does the narrator say he has inside him despite the appearance of being outwardly calm?

5. Whose life is like a ball of tangled yarn?

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