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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who admits to not reading the narrator's writings because he cannot understand them?
(a) The narrator's boss.
(b) The narrator's editor.
(c) The narrator himself.
(d) The narrator's father.

4. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?
(a) His spirituality.
(b) His thoughts.
(c) His religion.
(d) His faith.

5. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?
(a) Painting.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?

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

3. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?

4. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?

5. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?

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