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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's day job?
(a) Writer of books.
(b) Assistant bookkeeper.
(c) Cashier at a store.
(d) Poet.

3. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?
(a) Energized.
(b) Confused.
(c) Tired.
(d) Inspired.

4. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?
(a) Unconscious intelligence.
(b) Unconscious stupor.
(c) Unconscious mind lightening.
(d) Unconscious brain spark.

5. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?
(a) Between Lisbon and Cascais.
(b) From Warsaw to Moscow.
(c) From Ireland to Wales.
(d) Between Paris and Callais.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's only sense of peace comes from reading?

2. Who admits to not reading the narrator's writings because he cannot understand them?

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

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

5. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?

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