I thought I had another section, but all that's left at the end are indexes, reading tests, etc. I thought the tests might be worth doing, but lost interest pretty quickly (in large part because of the awkward format of the answers).
So, final thoughts on How to Read a Book: In short, skip it. As I said several times, I agree with a lot of what Adler has to say, but it's highly repetitive, and when it's not repeating it's off on a lot of weird tangents. I'm going back to look at it, but I think there's a condensed version (~100 pages vs ~400) in the intro the Gateway. I'm betting that would be a much more efficient way of getting the same info, since I think you probably could cut a little over half without any issue.
Hopefully wrapping up with Adler towards the end of the week, then not sure what I'll be on next.
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