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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's main insight about friendship? Question 2 of 6How many people visited the author when he was ill? Question 3 of 6What does the comparison with currency inflation suggest? Question 4 of 6Why does the author call "follower" "a more honest word"? Question 5 of 6What role does the example of the villager interested in astronomy play? Question 6 of 6What does the final contrast between the distant friend and the neighbor imply? Vocabularyالْمَنَصَّاتplatforms
مُزَيَّنdecorated
أَتَّكِئُ عَلَىlean on
التَّضَخُّمinflation
الْمُتَابِعfollower
مَهَّدَتْ لَهُpaved the way for it
مَنْشُورpost
نَائِيَةremote
شَغَفpassion
الْفَلَكastronomy
عُزْلَةisolation
افْتِرَاضِيّvirtual