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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?
(a) Recall the previous day.
(b) Forget the previous day.
(c) Pick up where the previous day left off.
(d) Do one good deed more than the previous day.

3. According to the narrator, who are the only people who actually think in life?
(a) Poets.
(b) Monks and nuns.
(c) Psychologists and psychiatrists.
(d) Mystics and ascetics.

4. The narrator says he sometimes experiences a lapse of something. From what kind of lapse does he suffer?
(a) Appetite.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Attention.
(d) Alcoholic.

5. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?
(a) Sleep.
(b) The trip you take in your imagination.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The trip you take to the altar to commit your life to the Lord.

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

7. What does the narrator say that people who must experience things directly lack?
(a) Religion.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Money.
(d) Faith.

8. What makes man long for a father figure to guide him, according to the narrator?
(a) Human nature.
(b) Lack of religious upbringing.
(c) Necessity.
(d) Weakness.

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

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

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

12. What source does the author use frequently for the imagery of his descriptions and definitions?
(a) Literary terms.
(b) The dictionary.
(c) Religious terminology.
(d) Nature.

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

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

15. What does the narrator believe about breaking the laws of grammar?
(a) There should be no laws.
(b) It's never okay.
(c) It's okay sometimes.
(d) They should all be rewritten by him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?

2. What does the narrator's only sense of peace comes from reading?

3. Who helped the narrator get his job?

4. What advice does the narrator have for business owners?

5. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?

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