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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to the author, is a prime example of the saying "ignorance is bliss?"
(a) Eccentric people.
(b) Poor people.
(c) Religious people.
(d) Common people.

2. What does the author advise people to do if they feel they must disclose information about themselves to others?
(a) Don't discuss feelings.
(b) Lie.
(c) Not to talk about family.
(d) Use a pseudonym.

3. In Section 463, what does the narrator say that Satan attempts to tempt Christ with?
(a) A harem.
(b) The things of the world.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Satan's own kingdom.

4. Why is the narrator sad to see the office boy quit?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He sees so much potential in the boy.
(c) He feels like he's losing a part of his life.
(d) He has developed a close relationship with the boy.

5. Who, according to the narrator, is more seriously affected by tedium?
(a) People who don't work.
(b) People who are not religtious.
(c) People who work.
(d) People who are religious.

6. What does the narrator say he lacks sufficient money to be?
(a) A real dreamer.
(b) An intellectual man.
(c) A Godly man.
(d) A Christian.

7. What does the narrator say a person must do in order to truly love something?
(a) Own it.
(b) Know it.
(c) Fear it.
(d) Respect it.

8. What is the only thing that a man ever completely owns, according to the narrator?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

9. What does the narrator say is the only thing worth doing?
(a) Seeing.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Living.

10. What does tedium seem to attack, according to the narrator?
(a) Heart.
(b) Soul.
(c) Body.
(d) Mind.

11. Who enjoys being sick?
(a) The office boy.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) Valquez.
(d) Soares.

12. What smell brings back memories of the narrator's childhood?
(a) Cotton Candy.
(b) Candy apples.
(c) Cigarette smoke.
(d) Smoked ham.

13. What kind of feeling does the narrator say that tedium creates?
(a) That there is nothing better to do.
(b) That every day is worth living.
(c) That everything must be absolutely perfect.
(d) That nothing can be better than the moment that just passed.

14. When was the manuscript for this book discovered?
(a) After the author's death.
(b) After the author completed the book.
(c) After the author told a relative that he'd hidden a manuscript.
(d) After the author was put in a nursing home.

15. In which point of view is the book written?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which season does the narrator generally discuss?

2. When does the narrator begin to think of writing as unappealing?

3. What does the narrator say allows poison to enter the human heart?

4. How does the narrator think that others see him?

5. What objects of nature does the narrator discuss when he describes Spring?

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