Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Dialogue between the Soul and the Body? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The soul complains of being tortured in which of the following lines?
"And, wanting where its spite to try,/ Has made me live to let me die"
"Which, stretch'd upright, impales me so/ That mine own precipice I go"
"hung up, as 'twere, in chains/ Of nerves, and arteries, and veins"
"Or sorrow's other madness vex;/ Which knowledge forces me to know"
Q. How does the soul impale the body?
by stretching it upright
by hanging it up in nerves and veins
by sticking a sword in its belly
by cutting it with its emotional intensity
Q. Why does the body compare itself to a tree and the soul to an architect?
to complain against the brutality of the natural world
to illustrate the artificiality of civilization
to demonstrate its environmental interests
to expose the soul's poor work ethic
Q. Love is called which of the following diseases?
a pestilence
a fever
stomach flu
chickenpox
Q. The body accuses the soul of ____.
foolishness
good health
hilarity
tyranny