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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?
(a) Practical.
(b) Sensory.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Religious.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?

2. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

3. What is the reason that the people in the narrator's office are forced to turn off the electrical lights at an unusual time?

4. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?

5. After rereading some of his writings, what does the narrator think of them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the narrator's statement that there are two types of artists.

2. Explain the narrator's comparison of his dreams and thoughts to a garden.

3. What does it take, according to the narrator, for people to be acceptable the world's standards?

4. Why does the narrator say he writes with scenic description interspersed in his writing?

5. When describing a sunset, what does the narrator wish he had and what makes him wish he had it?

6. Where does the narrator believe that dreams may exist?

7. Which does the narrator prefer to write, poetry or prose, and why?

8. What does the narrator say about his imagination as it relates to life?

9. Does the narrator do good or evil deeds?

10. What advice does the narrator discuss for business managers?

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