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

2. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?
(a) Forget the previous day.
(b) Pick up where the previous day left off.
(c) Do one good deed more than the previous day.
(d) Recall the previous day.

3. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Vasquez.
(b) Soares.
(c) Pessoa.
(d) Moreira.

4. What does the narrator say is the best way to ignore life?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Writing.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Reading.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What complaint does the narrator make about the Tagus River in Section 79?

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

3. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

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

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

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