The Book of Sand

The bookseller's appearance can best be described as

• dainty.

• healthy.

• colorful.

• dull.

The bookseller explains that the history of the Book of Sand is

• inspiring.

• mysterious.

• brief.

• simple.

The Book of Sand is a metaphor for

• time and space.

• church.

• plants and animals.

• paper.

The narrator's fascination with the Book of Sand, just like the book itself, is

• endless.

• joyous.

• satisfying.

• restorative.

The narrator is confused because the bookseller does not

• try to sell him other books.

• respect him.

• agree with him.

• bargain with him.

All of the following details enable readers to predict the Book of Sand's disturbing power except

• the bookseller is gloomy.

• the bookseller says the narrator will never see the first illustration again.

• the narrator thinks the book was published in the nineteenth century.

• the book was sold to the bookseller by an "untouchable" man.

Based on details in the story, readers can predict that the narrator will

• never retrieve the Book of Sand.

• find and sell the Book of Sand.

• check out the Book of Sand.

• tell librarians about the Book of Sand.

The resolution of "The Book of Sand" occurs when the narrator

• offers the bookseller a Bible.

• hides the Book of Sand in the library.

• makes notes about the Book of Sand.

• studies the Book of Sand with a magnifying glass.

The narrator's primary emotion during the resolution can best be described as

• rage.

• relief.

• love.

• glee.

Which word means with undue attention to trivial points of scholarship?

• misanthropy

• contrivance

• pedantically