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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 437 - 455.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the result of the disappearance of Christianity?
(a) Satanism.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Hedonism.
(d) Judaism.

2. Who, according to the narrator, does not realize the difference between the people of the middle class and those of other classes?
(a) Managers.
(b) Business owners.
(c) Revolutionaries.
(d) Religious leaders.

3. What does the narrator say is best if one simply doesn't think about it?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Faith.

4. The narrator says he does not need fast automobiles to understand what speed is like. How does he experience speed?
(a) In his thoughts.
(b) At night.
(c) In his daily routine.
(d) In his dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

2. What instrument did a girl who lived above the narrator play when she lived in the building?

3. Who does the narrator believe is the only one who knows his heart?

4. Why doesn't the narrator do any good deeds?

5. How does rain make the narrator feel?

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