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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 credit for the idea of romantic love?
(a) Satan.
(b) Individual faith.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Dreaming.

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

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

4. What is the real purpose of literature, according to the narrator?
(a) To inform.
(b) To give the writer a creative outlet.
(c) To entertain the masses.
(d) To entertain the highly educated elite.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's only sense of peace comes from reading?

2. What does the narrator believe about breaking the laws of grammar?

3. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

4. How does the narrator describe his own face in a photo of him and his work associates?

5. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?

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