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

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

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

4. When does the narrator believe he is truly able to be himself?
(a) On stage.
(b) At the office.
(c) At night.
(d) In church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?

2. When does the narrator say he feels more like himself?

3. What does sunrise in the city make the narrator do?

4. What does the narrator call sensations that keep a person from thinking?

5. How does rain make the narrator feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to the narrator, is the best way to ignore life and why?

2. What are the narrator's thoughts regarding travel?

3. How does the narrator compare love to clothing?

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

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

6. What does the narrator notice about a bad lithograph? What does he compare it to and why?

7. Where does the narrator's train trip take him? Why can't he recall any of the sights from his trip?

8. Explain the narrator's transformation from his day job to his writing.

9. What does the narrator advise about thinking about life?

10. Does the narrator do good or evil deeds?

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