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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?
(a) Their religious faith.
(b) Their finances.
(c) Their destiny.
(d) Their children.

3. What does the narrator say is a product of dreams, a copy of real life?
(a) Art.
(b) Religion.
(c) Literature.
(d) Thoughts.

4. When does the narrator say he feels more like himself?
(a) When he is alone in the park.
(b) When he is at a party.
(c) When he is with his mother.
(d) When he is sleepy.

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

6. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?
(a) Energized.
(b) Confused.
(c) Tired.
(d) Inspired.

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

8. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Humanity.

9. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?
(a) The ability for self-analysis.
(b) The ability to determine the worth of potential friends.
(c) The ability to read thoughts of others.
(d) The ability to predict self-fulfillment.

10. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?
(a) Unconscious stupor.
(b) Unconscious brain spark.
(c) Unconscious mind lightening.
(d) Unconscious intelligence.

11. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?
(a) From Ireland to Wales.
(b) From Warsaw to Moscow.
(c) Between Lisbon and Cascais.
(d) Between Paris and Callais.

12. What does the narrator say is necessary to become king of the world?
(a) An active imagination.
(b) Lots of respect and money.
(c) Good political pull.
(d) A large inheritance.

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

14. What does the narrator say would be burdensome to him?
(a) Evil deeds.
(b) Writing.
(c) Good deeds.
(d) Family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is best if one simply doesn't think about it?

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

3. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?

4. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?

5. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

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