Elite Quiz [was Re: melancholy, Mason, Lolita]

cathy ramirez cathyramirez69 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 1 10:45:49 CDT 2002


--- Keith McMullen <keithsz at concentric.net> wrote:
> Select four.
> 
> A good reader should:
> 
> (1) ...belong to a book club.

 Definitely. 


> (2) ...identify with the hero or heroine.

No


> (3) ...concentrate on the socio-economic angle.

no

> (4) ...prefer a story with action and dialogue to
> one with none.

Yup


> (5) ...have highly developed sphincters.

Natually. And do an hundered keegles a day to
stengthen it, particularly if one is pregnant or has
recently given birth. 


> (6) ...be a budding author.
> (7) ...have imagination.
> (8) ...have memory.
> (9) ...have a dictionary.

and use it 


> (10) ...have some artistic sense.
> 
>     --from 'Good Readers and Good Writers' by
> Nabokov
>        (with one choice changed for the P-list).
> 
> 
> 


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