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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. How does the narrator multi-task?
(a) By dreaming while he works.
(b) By writing while he works.
(c) By sleeping while he works.
(d) By being practical in his art.

2. Why does the narrator say he chooses to think about all his unhappy memories?
(a) To rest from doing something.
(b) To remain humble amidst his growing fame and popularity.
(c) Nobody likes to read happy stories.
(d) To keep the grudge alive.

3. What is a semiheteronym?
(a) A persona that isn't too far away from the writer's personality.
(b) The opposit of a pseudonym.
(c) The opposite of a semiantonym.
(d) A term that refers to the writer who questions his/her own sexuality.

4. How does the narrator think that others see him?
(a) As a stranger or intruder.
(b) As a freak.
(c) As a romantic writer.
(d) As a very intelligent, sensitve man.

5. What does the narrator prepare for a tea party?
(a) Three dozen tea cakes.
(b) A script for discussion.
(c) Napkins and tablecloth.
(d) Four small cups.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author meditate on regarding the people who disappear from his life?

2. Why does the narrator "remember" things that never even happened to him?

3. What inventions does the narrator say are due to the evolution of man into a clothed creature?

4. Why does the narrator suggest that intelligent, sensitive people should remain as uneducated as possible?

5. What does the narrator say he believes readers might think he is at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator like about being sick?

2. What are the narrator's conflicting views regarding God?

3. What does the narrator credit mirrors and wardrobes for doing?

4. Discuss the office boy's travels and the narrator's view of them.

5. What does the narrator say about tedium?

6. Why does the narrator isolate himself, and how does it affect his sensitivity to worldly things?

7. Why does the narrator say mirrors are a negative invention?

8. What is the gift of the common folk, according to the narrator?

9. What kinds of memories does the narrator have and why does he like to remember them?

10. According to the narrator, how should intelligent men view God?

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