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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41 - 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe his own face in a photo of him and his work associates?
(a) Aging and lacking potential promotion.
(b) Lifeless and lacking in intelligence.
(c) Bland and lacking interest.
(d) Bright and friendly.

3. The narrator says he sometimes experiences a lapse of something. From what kind of lapse does he suffer?
(a) Appetite.
(b) Attention.
(c) Alcoholic.
(d) Apathy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator visit in the country?

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

4. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?

5. What further sickens the narrator about the common human beings?

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