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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the narrator do any good deeds?
(a) They might spark evil outcome.
(b) He doesn't get paid to do good deeds.
(c) It's too time consuming.
(d) He can't think of any.

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

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

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

6. At what unusual time are the people in the narrator's office forced to turn off the electrical lights?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

7. What, in addition to dreams, does the narrator say can substitute life?
(a) Art.
(b) Movies.
(c) Entertaining.
(d) Music.

8. What does the narrator say is necessary to become king of the world?
(a) Good political pull.
(b) Lots of respect and money.
(c) An active imagination.
(d) A large inheritance.

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

10. 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.

11. According to the narrator, what kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?
(a) A thoughtful man.
(b) A kind man.
(c) A wise man.
(d) A gentleman.

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

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

14. Who helped the narrator get his job?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) His aunt.

15. The narrator says he does not need fast automobiles to understand what speed is like. How does he experience speed?
(a) In his dreams.
(b) In his thoughts.
(c) In his daily routine.
(d) At night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the narrator recognizes as reality?

2. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?

3. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?

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

5. What does the narrator believe people do because they are unable to change their own attitudes?

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