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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 kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?
(a) A kind man.
(b) A wise man.
(c) A thoughtful man.
(d) A gentleman.

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

3. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?
(a) Satan.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Individual faith.

4. What is the narrator's day job?
(a) Poet.
(b) Assistant bookkeeper.
(c) Writer of books.
(d) Cashier at a store.

5. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?
(a) That there is no eternity after all.
(b) How much damage it has done.
(c) How much more they need.
(d) That they are lost and need to be saved.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his own face in a photo of him and his work associates?

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

3. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?

4. What source does the author use frequently for the imagery of his descriptions and definitions?

5. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people? Explain his reasoning.

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

7. What comparison between humans and animals does the narrator make? What is the exception that he notes in his comparison?

8. What does the narrator say his job and his rented room represent?

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

10. According to the narrator, what are undreamed dreams?

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