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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?
(a) The ability to read thoughts of others.
(b) The ability to determine the worth of potential friends.
(c) The ability to predict self-fulfillment.
(d) The ability for self-analysis.

3. Who does the narrator visit in the country?
(a) An aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

4. What about the novels he reads makes the narrator cry?
(a) Novels that are more than 500 pages.
(b) He can't meet the characters in reality.
(c) The characters all seem so happy.
(d) He cannot change the characters to his own way of thinking.

5. What does sunrise in the city make the narrator do?
(a) Think.
(b) Live.
(c) Awaken.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. After pointing out a play that he describes as terribly flawed, how does the narrator say he would have felt to be the author of that play?

2. According to the narrator, what is developing when a person realizes their greatest area of anxiety is indeed insignificant?

3. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?

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

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

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