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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 define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?
(a) Unconscious mind lightening.
(b) Unconscious intelligence.
(c) Unconscious brain spark.
(d) Unconscious stupor.

2. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Pessoa.
(b) Vasquez.
(c) Moerira.
(d) Soares.

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

4. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?
(a) An old lady.
(b) A sad girl.
(c) A mischievious boy.
(d) A doctor.

5. 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) In his daily routine.
(c) At night.
(d) In his dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who admits to not reading the narrator's writings because he cannot understand them?

2. What, in addition to dreaming, does the narrator say makes up his life?

3. What does the narrator suggest may exist in several dimensions including space, the ego, and the ideal?

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

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

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