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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Hard-Bitten Ghost leave the narrator with?
(a) Irritation.
(b) Joy.
(c) Love.
(d) Doubt.

2. Whom does the narrator recall the Gods had tortured?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Tantalus.
(c) Cain.
(d) Atlas.

3. Who does the Hard-Bitten Ghost say that both sides in all the wars were run by?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The same dictator.
(c) The Church.
(d) The same Armament Firms.

4. Why does the man on the bus say that you don't meet historical characters in the gray town?
(a) They are all deaf.
(b) They live millions of miles away.
(c) They are snobbish.
(d) They are all blind.

5. How had the Tousle-Headed Poet killed himself?
(a) He jumped under a train.
(b) He shot himself.
(c) He jumped off a building.
(d) He hung himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Solid Man tell the Big Man there is none of here?

2. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?

3. What does the narrator walk toward when he leaves the river?

4. The Ghost tells the Bright Man called Dick that his views were wrong about this in life:

5. Why does Dick tell the Ghost he was sent to Hell?

(see the answer key)

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