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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?
(a) A writer.
(b) A painter.
(c) An infant.
(d) An actor.

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

3. What complaint does the narrator make about the Tagus River in Section 79?
(a) It has a bad smell.
(b) It is too narrow.
(c) People have turned it into recreation.
(d) It's natural beauty has been destroyed.

4. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?
(a) Sensual.
(b) Decadence.
(c) Isolating.
(d) Incomprehensible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?

2. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?

3. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?

4. What does the narrator believe about breaking the laws of grammar?

5. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people?

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