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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of things tend to hurt the narrator easily, according to him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Small things.
(c) Criticism from his boss.
(d) Comments made by the office boy.

2. Who does the narrator visit in the country?
(a) An aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

3. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?
(a) Practical.
(b) Sensory.
(c) Religious.
(d) Intellectual.

4. Why will all writing be imperfect, according to the narrator?
(a) Because it is all one-sided.
(b) Because all writers are imperfect.
(c) Because it is not oral poetry.
(d) Because he is a pessimist.

5. What does the narrator prefer to write?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Scripts for three act plays.
(d) Prose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in addition to dreaming, does the narrator say makes up his life?

2. What inventions does the narrator say are due to the evolution of man into a clothed creature?

3. Who hates to read the newspaper?

4. What is the name of the chapter in which the narrator seems to be declaring his love for some woman?

5. What is a semiheteronym?

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