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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Even though most people make him sick, why does the narrator still love fellow man?
(a) For the respect they show him.
(b) For the fact that he isn't like them.
(c) Out of the kindness of his own heart.
(d) For their ability to be happy.

3. What source does the author use frequently for the imagery of his descriptions and definitions?
(a) Literary terms.
(b) Religious terminology.
(c) Nature.
(d) The dictionary.

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

5. What does the narrator say a person must do in order to truly love something?
(a) Own it.
(b) Fear it.
(c) Respect it.
(d) Know it.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?

2. What does the author meditate on regarding the people who disappear from his life?

3. Who is the narrator's boss?

4. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?

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

(see the answer key)

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