Narrator's Reflections Quiz 9th Grade

The narrator mentions that he was born:

• Into a poor family.

• Into a large fortune.

• In a small town.

• To parents with strict rules.

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What is described as one of the narrator’s worst faults?

• A tendency toward laziness.

• Impatient gaiety of disposition.

• A lack of ambition.

• Excessive arrogance.

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How does the narrator describe his attitude toward his pleasures?

• He openly celebrated them.

• He felt no shame about them.

• He concealed them with shame.

• He ignored them completely.

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The narrator’s “profound duplicity of life” refers to:

• A double life of hiding his true self.

• A lack of morals.

• His inability to reconcile his financial success.

• His love for mystic studies.

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Why does the narrator feel ashamed of his faults?

• They were publicly known.

• He had set high standards for himself.

• They caused harm to others.

• They were illegal acts.

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The narrator describes man’s nature as being:

• Entirely good.

• Truly one.

• Truly two.

• Entirely bad.

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What phrase does the narrator use to describe man’s duality?

• “A profound duplicity of life.”

• “A hard law of life.”

• “Mystic and transcendental.”

• “Dead earnest.”

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The narrator’s scientific studies were focused on:

• Practical technology.

• Medicine.

• The mystic and transcendental.

• Environmental science.

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What does the narrator say lies at the root of religion?

• Forgiveness.

• A hard law of life.

• The relief of suffering.

• Scientific discovery.

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The narrator claims he was no hypocrite because:

• Both sides of him were sincere.

• He was always honest with others.

• He had nothing to hide.

• He followed all societal norms.

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