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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what unusual time are the people in the narrator's office forced to turn off the electrical lights?
(a) 2 p.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

2. Who concerns themselves with the mystical aspect of Rabbinic Judaism?
(a) Buddists.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Kabbalists.
(d) Hindus.

3. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?
(a) Individual faith.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Satan.

4. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?
(a) Religious.
(b) Sensory.
(c) Practical.
(d) Intellectual.

5. What, in addition to dreams, does the narrator say can substitute life?
(a) Movies.
(b) Art.
(c) Entertaining.
(d) Music.

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

7. What does autumn remind the narrator?
(a) That winter is on its way.
(b) That summer is finally ending.
(c) That all things eventually die.
(d) That Halloween is near.

8. When does the narrator believe he is truly able to be himself?
(a) At the office.
(b) At night.
(c) On stage.
(d) In church.

9. What does the narrator expect out of life?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Fame.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Great wealth.

10. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?
(a) Do one good deed more than the previous day.
(b) Recall the previous day.
(c) Forget the previous day.
(d) Pick up where the previous day left off.

11. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?
(a) Unconscious intelligence.
(b) Unconscious stupor.
(c) Unconscious bravery.
(d) Unconscious sleep.

12. Why does the narrator say poetry should be written by children?
(a) Because it is elementary.
(b) Because they have an honesty that cannot be duplicated.
(c) Because they have a natural rhythm.
(d) Because they understand meter.

13. What simple change does the narrator says has a liberating affect on one's spirit?
(a) Changing a schedule.
(b) Changing workplace scenery.
(c) Changing jobs.
(d) Changing bed linens.

14. What does the narrator believe about breaking the laws of grammar?
(a) They should all be rewritten by him.
(b) It's okay sometimes.
(c) It's never okay.
(d) There should be no laws.

15. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Faith.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?

3. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?

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

5. Who does the narrator visit in the country?

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