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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing that a man ever completely owns, according to the narrator?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Faith.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Love.

2. How does the narrator refer to tedium?
(a) As a multiple personality disorder.
(b) As a goal all should strive to achieve.
(c) As cancer.
(d) As a disease.

3. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?
(a) From Warsaw to Moscow.
(b) Between Paris and Callais.
(c) Between Lisbon and Cascais.
(d) From Ireland to Wales.

4. Why does the narrator "remember" things that never even happened to him?
(a) Because his mother did that too.
(b) Because of the joy it brings him.
(c) Because he is a pathological liar.
(d) Because he is incredibly creative.

5. Why is the narrator sad to see the office boy quit?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He feels like he's losing a part of his life.
(c) He sees so much potential in the boy.
(d) He has developed a close relationship with the boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator do any evil deeds?

2. What does the narrator prepare for a tea party?

3. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?

4. Which of the narrator's poems does he like in the present day?

5. What does the narrator say a person must do in order to truly love something?

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