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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 151 - 184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people?
(a) His active studies of human spirit.
(b) His active thinking life.
(c) His active social life.
(d) His active religious life.

2. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?
(a) An old lady.
(b) A mischievious boy.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A sad girl.

3. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?
(a) An actor.
(b) An infant.
(c) A painter.
(d) A writer.

4. What does the narrator say is an offensive form of human stupidity?
(a) Violence.
(b) Religion.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Divorce.

5. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?
(a) Sensual.
(b) Decadence.
(c) Isolating.
(d) Incomprehensible.

Short Answer Questions

1. After rereading some of his writings, what does the narrator think of them?

2. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?

3. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?

4. The narrator says he does not need fast automobiles to understand what speed is like. How does he experience speed?

5. What is the real purpose of literature, according to the narrator?

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