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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the abrupt style in a book filled with rambling statements?
(a) It is unnatural.
(b) It shows how much more important this chapter is than the others.
(c) It mimics the sometimes abrupt nature of death.
(d) It is less important than the rest of the book.

2. What might be another reason for the brevity of this chapter?
(a) He simply had other things he wanted to think about more.
(b) He simply got bored of the subject matter.
(c) He simply did not want to work on his book at that point of the process.
(d) He simply was unwilling to discuss the topic in any detail.

3. Due to what does Andy spend much of a sickly childhood in bed with paper dolls?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Many broken bones.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) St. Vitus Dance.

4. What does Andy find to be the hardest part of fame?
(a) Doing interviews with people from different media.
(b) Signing autographs.
(c) Greeting fans.
(d) Being lonely.

5. How does this concept come to Andy?
(a) Businessmen are good at using their time wisely.
(b) He witnesses a funeral in Japan where all the mourners are reveling instead of weeping.
(c) He wastes his time every day.
(d) His friends often do as they wish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andy also explores the concept of having what?

2. Does this last possible reason for the brevity of this chapter make him more human and average?

3. How does Andy adopt this pattern?

4. Why does Andy find his first television set fascinating?

5. Can the brevity of the chapter be seen as a literary form?

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