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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 say is a disease born from civilization?
(a) Illiteracy.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

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

3. 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) Pitiful.
(c) Proud.
(d) Encouraged.

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

5. Whose life is like a ball of tangled yarn?
(a) Religious group members.
(b) Intelligent people's.
(c) Common people's.
(d) Soares's.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?

2. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?

3. According to the narrator, what is the result of the disappearance of Christianity?

4. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?

5. What job position -- if it existed -- does the narrator say he would be perfect to fill?

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