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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the man on the bus say is the nearest of the "old ones"?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Mahatma Ghandi.
(d) Cleopatra.

2. What kind of sins do Dick and the Ghost speak about?
(a) Cardinal sins.
(b) Minor sins.
(c) Sins of the flesh.
(d) Intellectual sins.

3. Why does the Ghost in the forest tell the Bright Man his father didn't come on the trip?
(a) He's getting eccentric.
(b) He's blind.
(c) He's deaf.
(d) He's dead.

4. What does the Ghost tell Dick that his opinions in life were, in addition to being honest?
(a) Heroic.
(b) Evil.
(c) Fair.
(d) Just.

5. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Money.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Can't you understand anything? Do you really suppose I'm going out there among all those people, like this?"

2. What does the Big Man repeatedly insist on getting?

3. What animals does the narrator encounter in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. Who says, "You'll be justifying the Inquisition in a moment?"

5. What does Dick tell the Episcopal Ghost they reached a point that they no longer believed in?

(see the answer key)

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