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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ghost by the tree refer to the idea of staying?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Possible.
(c) Truth.
(d) Propaganda.

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

3. What does the narrator wonder that the whole trip of the Ghosts might be for in Chapter 8?
(a) To torture them.
(b) To mock them.
(c) To save them.
(d) To cherish them.

4. What does the Solid Man say he is here to be for the Big Man?
(a) His boss.
(b) His servant.
(c) His nurse.
(d) His brother.

5. Where did the ghost by the tree go when he was out East?
(a) Israel.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Peking.
(d) Baghdad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Tousle-Headed Poet want to go, but couldn't because of financial troubles?

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

3. What does the ghost by the tree say that Hell is?

4. Who says, "I don't see what all the talk is about. It's as good as any other park to look at, and darned uncomfortable?"

5. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?

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