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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?
(a) “Red-skinned.”
(b) “Red-eyed.”
(c) “Red-faced.”
(d) “Red-headed.”

2. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Millions.
(b) A handful.
(c) But a few.
(d) Dozens.

3. The narrator describes “Houses and rooms” full of what in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Ornate carvings.
(c) Perfumes.
(d) Rich wood.

4. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?
(a)
(b) “Boiling.”
(c) “Retrograde.”
(d) “Transparent.”

5. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Character.
(b) Hieroglyphic.
(c) Petroglyph.
(d) Calligraphy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What “impassive” objects “receive and return so many echoes,” according to the narrator in Section 8?

2. To what does the narrator say “the other I am not must not abase itself to you” in Section 5?

3. The narrator claims in Section 2 that the atmosphere “has no taste of” what?

4. The narrator claims to “lean and loafe at my ease observing” what, in Section 1?

5. The narrator states in Section 3, “I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the” what?

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