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When the narrator of A Failure of Alchemy looks back and says, When I was twenty and not so sure / it
  was good to live, you were the man / who stood by the completed painting, / and placed the magnifying glass in my
  hand, / and said, Look what I made,' it can be inferred from the narrator's statement that
 
  a. it was the young narrator's painting that the older artist was complimenting.
  b. the narrator was appreciating a new work by the great artist.
  c. the older artist was pompous and distant.
  d. the young narrator was confident about life.

Question 2

Who is the narrator of the story?
 
  a. a woman who felt bad for the victim
  b. one of the boys
  c. one of the older men watching
  d. The narrator is not a physical character in the
  story.



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Answer to Question 1

c. it was the young narrator's painting that the older artist was complimenting.

Answer to Question 2

d. The narrator is not a physical character in the story.





 

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