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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the narrator say he has inside him despite the appearance of being outwardly calm?
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) A crushed spirit.
(c) Joy in his soul.
(d) Anger in his crushed soul.

3. What does the narrator say is the only true form of pleasure that exists?
(a) Reading.
(b) Art.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Sleeping.

4. When does the narrator say life will start working in his favor?
(a) On New Year's Day.
(b) Never.
(c) On his birthday.
(d) Tomorrow.

5. Who, according to the author, is a prime example of the saying "ignorance is bliss?"
(a) Eccentric people.
(b) Common people.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Religious people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?

2. What is the narrator's day job?

3. What instrument did a girl who lived above the narrator play when she lived in the building?

4. How does the narrator refer to tedium?

5. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?

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