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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 342 - 381.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his own face in a photo of him and his work associates?
(a) Bright and friendly.
(b) Aging and lacking potential promotion.
(c) Bland and lacking interest.
(d) Lifeless and lacking in intelligence.

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

3. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) Pope.
(b) Verde.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Frost.

4. What is the narrator's day job?
(a) Assistant bookkeeper.
(b) Writer of books.
(c) Poet.
(d) Cashier at a store.

5. Who, according to the narrator, does not realize the difference between the people of the middle class and those of other classes?
(a) Business owners.
(b) Revolutionaries.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Managers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does rain make the narrator feel?

2. What does the narrator prefer to write?

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

4. What, in addition to dreams, does the narrator say can substitute life?

5. What is the name of the chapter in which the narrator seems to be declaring his love for some woman?

(see the answer key)

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