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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 109 - 150.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?
(a) The lustitude of other people.
(b) The bodies of other people.
(c) The spirit of other people.
(d) Their concept of other people.

2. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Vasquez.
(b) Pessoa.
(c) Soares.
(d) Moerira.

3. The narrator says he sometimes experiences a lapse of something. From what kind of lapse does he suffer?
(a) Appetite.
(b) Alcoholic.
(c) Attention.
(d) Apathy.

4. What, in addition to dreaming, does the narrator say makes up his life?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Action.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Crying.

5. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Pessoa.
(b) Moreira.
(c) Soares.
(d) Vasquez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?

2. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?

3. When does the narrator believe he is truly able to be himself?

4. How does the narrator describe his own face in a photo of him and his work associates?

5. What is the narrator's day job?

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