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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) His inner being.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His coworkers.

3. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?
(a) Religious.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Sensory.
(d) Practical.

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

5. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?
(a) A mischievious boy.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A sad girl.
(d) An old lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?

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

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

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

5. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?

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