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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator suggest may exist in several dimensions including space, the ego, and the ideal?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Humans.
(c) Faith.
(d) Reasoning.

2. What does the narrator expect out of life?
(a) Fame.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Great wealth.
(d) Happiness.

3. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?
(a) Fate.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Faith.
(d) Destiny.

4. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?
(a) His religion.
(b) His thoughts.
(c) His spirituality.
(d) His faith.

5. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Verde.
(c) Frost.
(d) Pope.

6. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) His father.
(b) His coworkers.
(c) His inner being.
(d) His mother.

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

8. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?
(a) Any idea based on religion rather than intellect.
(b) Any idea born by a group of people.
(c) Any idea he offers.
(d) Any idea born in his workplace.

9. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Moreira.
(b) Vasquez.
(c) Pessoa.
(d) Soares.

10. What simple change does the narrator says has a liberating affect on one's spirit?
(a) Changing jobs.
(b) Changing a schedule.
(c) Changing bed linens.
(d) Changing workplace scenery.

11. Where does the narrator spend his three-day vacation?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) At the beach.
(c) In his apartment.
(d) Fishing at a river.

12. After rereading some of his writings, what does the narrator think of them?
(a) He has too many grammatical errors.
(b) They are timeless classics.
(c) They should be published soon.
(d) They are worthless.

13. Why doesn't the narrator do any evil deeds?
(a) He can't think of any.
(b) It's too time consuming.
(c) He doesn't get paid to do evil deeds.
(d) To not increase the amount of evil in the world.

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

15. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?
(a) Pettiness.
(b) Pompous.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Pioneering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is necessary to become king of the world?

2. What does the narrator prefer to write?

3. What does sunrise in the country make the narrator do?

4. What source does the author use frequently for the imagery of his descriptions and definitions?

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

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