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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 382 - 436.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is a disease born from civilization?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Illiteracy.

2. What advice does the narrator have for business owners?
(a) Leave the labor to the professionals.
(b) Know how to do every aspect of your business.
(c) Micro-manage.
(d) Hire a good bookkeeper.

3. Who helped the narrator get his job?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

4. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?
(a) Pioneering.
(b) Pathetic.
(c) Pompous.
(d) Pettiness.

5. What is the real purpose of literature, according to the narrator?
(a) To inform.
(b) To entertain the masses.
(c) To entertain the highly educated elite.
(d) To give the writer a creative outlet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator say he believes animals are not happy?

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

4. What sight makes the narrator wish he had the "gift of ruthless self-expression?"

5. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

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