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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe his own face in a photo of him and his work associates?
(a) Lifeless and lacking in intelligence.
(b) Bland and lacking interest.
(c) Bright and friendly.
(d) Aging and lacking potential promotion.

3. Who hates to read the newspaper?
(a) The office boy.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Vasquez.
(d) Soares.

4. How does rain make the narrator feel?
(a) Invigorated.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Anxious.

5. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?
(a) The spirit of other people.
(b) Their concept of other people.
(c) The lustitude of other people.
(d) The bodies of other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simple change does the narrator says has a liberating affect on one's spirit?

2. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?

3. What does the narrator say about the office boy's travels?

4. What is the reason that the people in the narrator's office are forced to turn off the electrical lights at an unusual time?

5. Who helped the narrator get his job?

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