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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 342 - 381.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator spend his three-day vacation?
(a) At the beach.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) Fishing at a river.
(d) In his apartment.

2. What does the narrator say is a disease born from civilization?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Illiteracy.
(d) Judaism.

3. What does the narrator say is the best way to ignore life?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Reading.
(d) Writing.

4. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) Verde.
(b) Pope.
(c) Frost.
(d) Longfellow.

5. What does the narrator say would be burdensome to him?
(a) Writing.
(b) Family.
(c) Evil deeds.
(d) Good deeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?

2. Why is the narrator sad to see the office boy quit?

3. What objects of nature does the narrator discuss when he describes Spring?

4. According to the narrator, what kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?

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

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