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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 184 - 221.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Individual faith.
(c) Satan.
(d) Dreaming.

2. According to the narrator, what kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A thoughtful man.
(c) A wise man.
(d) A kind man.

3. What does the narrator expect out of life?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Fame.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Great wealth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?

2. Which people does the narrator describe as stupid, insensitive, and uptight?

3. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?

4. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?

5. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?

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