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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 437 - 455.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?
(a) How much damage it has done.
(b) That they are lost and need to be saved.
(c) How much more they need.
(d) That there is no eternity after all.

2. What job position -- if it existed -- does the narrator say he would be perfect to fill?
(a) Arbiter of elegance.
(b) Examiner of grammar.
(c) Improver for art.
(d) Royal writer of words.

3. How does the narrator refer to tedium?
(a) As a goal all should strive to achieve.
(b) As a multiple personality disorder.
(c) As cancer.
(d) As a disease.

4. What is the reason that the people in the narrator's office are forced to turn off the electrical lights at an unusual time?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) Thunderstorm.
(d) Cost.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who helped the narrator get his job?

3. What advice does the narrator have for business owners?

4. How does the narrator multi-task?

5. When does the narrator say he feels more like himself?

(see the answer key)

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