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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator think that others see him?
(a) As a stranger or intruder.
(b) As a very intelligent, sensitve man.
(c) As a romantic writer.
(d) As a freak.

2. Why does the narrator "remember" things that never even happened to him?
(a) Because of the joy it brings him.
(b) Because he is a pathological liar.
(c) Because his mother did that too.
(d) Because he is incredibly creative.

3. Whose life is described his life as being similar to a person who has wrecked his ship on a calm sea in shallow water?
(a) The office boy's.
(b) Vasquez's.
(c) Soares's.
(d) The narrator's father.

4. How many sections does The Book of Disquiet have?
(a) 281.
(b) 451.
(c) 481.
(d) 518.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he believes readers might think he is at the end of the book?

2. What does the narrator say is the best way to ignore life?

3. The narrator says he does not need fast automobiles to understand what speed is like. How does he experience speed?

4. What does the narrator say he lacks sufficient money to be?

5. What does the narrator say about the office boy's travels?

(see the answer key)

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