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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?
(a) Walking among them and listening to them talk.
(b) Seeing them play with their children.
(c) Watching a couple hold hands in the park.
(d) Seeing a high school graduation ceremony.

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

3. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?
(a) An infant.
(b) A writer.
(c) A painter.
(d) An actor.

4. What does the narrator call sensations that keep a person from thinking?
(a) Overdreamed dreams.
(b) Undreamed dreams.
(c) Overdeveloped faith.
(d) Underdeveloped faith.

5. Why does the narrator say poetry should be written by children?
(a) Because they have a natural rhythm.
(b) Because it is elementary.
(c) Because they understand meter.
(d) Because they have an honesty that cannot be duplicated.

6. How many times has the narrator been in love?
(a) Never.
(b) Twice.
(c) Once.
(d) A dozen or more times.

7. How many types of artists does the narrator say there are?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

8. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?
(a) Unconscious bravery.
(b) Unconscious stupor.
(c) Unconscious intelligence.
(d) Unconscious sleep.

9. What about the novels he reads makes the narrator cry?
(a) He cannot change the characters to his own way of thinking.
(b) He can't meet the characters in reality.
(c) The characters all seem so happy.
(d) Novels that are more than 500 pages.

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

11. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?
(a) He realizes it hurts someone's feelings.
(b) He realizes it is not true.
(c) He realizes it's no good.
(d) He realizes he has plagarized.

12. Which people does the narrator describe as stupid, insensitive, and uptight?
(a) Religious fanatics.
(b) White collar managment.
(c) Just his family.
(d) Those acceptable by the world's standards.

13. What is the reason that the people in the narrator's office are forced to turn off the electrical lights at an unusual time?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Cost.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Thunderstorm.

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

15. 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) Aging and lacking potential promotion.
(d) Bright and friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?

2. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?

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

4. Who is the author of The Book of Disquiet?

5. Who helped the narrator get his job?

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