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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 does the narrator fancy himself to be?
(a) An infant.
(b) A painter.
(c) A writer.
(d) An actor.

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

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

4. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?
(a) How much damage it has done.
(b) How much more they need.
(c) That they are lost and need to be saved.
(d) That there is no eternity after all.

5. Who helped the narrator get his job?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the result of the disappearance of Christianity?

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

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

4. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?

5. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?

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