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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 believe about breaking the laws of grammar?
(a) It's okay sometimes.
(b) There should be no laws.
(c) They should all be rewritten by him.
(d) It's never okay.

2. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?
(a) Their destiny.
(b) Their finances.
(c) Their religious faith.
(d) Their children.

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

4. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?
(a) Between Lisbon and Cascais.
(b) Between Paris and Callais.
(c) From Ireland to Wales.
(d) From Warsaw to Moscow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator visit in the country?

2. According to the narrator, what kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?

3. Who helped the narrator get his job?

4. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?

5. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?

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