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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the narrator, what is the result of the disappearance of Christianity?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Satanism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Hedonism.

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

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

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

8. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?
(a) The ability for self-analysis.
(b) The ability to predict self-fulfillment.
(c) The ability to read thoughts of others.
(d) The ability to determine the worth of potential friends.

9. What sight makes the narrator wish he had the "gift of ruthless self-expression?"
(a) Rainbow.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Rain.

10. What advice does the narrator have for business owners?
(a) Hire a good bookkeeper.
(b) Know how to do every aspect of your business.
(c) Leave the labor to the professionals.
(d) Micro-manage.

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

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

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

14. What does the narrator believe people do because they are unable to change their own attitudes?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Revolt.
(c) Marry.
(d) Fall in love.

15. What does autumn remind the narrator?
(a) That Halloween is near.
(b) That winter is on its way.
(c) That all things eventually die.
(d) That summer is finally ending.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?

2. Who is the narrator's boss?

3. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?

4. Who does the narrator visit in the country?

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

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