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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as being stoic?
(a) Valquez.
(b) The narrator's brother.
(c) Soares.
(d) The office boy.

2. Which of the narrator's poems does he like in the present day?
(a) The ones he wrote as a child.
(b) None.
(c) The ones in his head yet to be written.
(d) All.

3. Why does the narrator say he believes animals are not happy?
(a) Because they have no knowledge of happiness.
(b) Because they do not have a soul.
(c) Because of their keen senses.
(d) Because they have smaller brains.

4. Who does the narrator believe is the only one who knows his heart?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?
(a) He realizes he has plagarized.
(b) He realizes it's no good.
(c) He realizes it hurts someone's feelings.
(d) He realizes it is not true.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of artists does the narrator say there are?

2. What advice does the narrator have for business owners?

3. When does the narrator say life will start working in his favor?

4. What lie does the narrator tell a clerk about his feelings about being alone?

5. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?

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