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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central argument? Question 2 of 6Who, according to the essay, never waits? Question 3 of 6What does the author mean by "complicity in the praise" of waiting? Question 4 of 6What does the example of the clerk saying "come back tomorrow" illustrate? Question 5 of 6Why does the author contrast the farmer's patience with imposed patience? Question 6 of 6What is implied by "the second's real name is not patience"? Vocabularyأَحْصَىcounted
شُبَّاكwindow, counter
تَأْشِيرَةvisa
يَمْتَدِحُpraises
يَسْتَشْهِدُ بِـcites
الْفَرَجrelief
الْعَجُولthe hasty
عَلَى مَهَلslowly, unhurriedly
التَّوَاطُؤcomplicity, collusion
مُحَايِدneutral
نَفَاد الصَّبْرimpatience
فَضِيلَةvirtue