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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 151 - 184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people?
(a) His active thinking life.
(b) His active religious life.
(c) His active studies of human spirit.
(d) His active social life.

2. What source does the author use frequently for the imagery of his descriptions and definitions?
(a) Literary terms.
(b) The dictionary.
(c) Religious terminology.
(d) Nature.

3. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Pessoa.
(b) Moreira.
(c) Soares.
(d) Vasquez.

4. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?
(a) Practical.
(b) Religious.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Sensory.

5. Where does the narrator's train trip take him?
(a) From Ireland to Wales.
(b) From Warsaw to Moscow.
(c) Between Lisbon and Cascais.
(d) Between Paris and Callais.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?

2. Who helped the narrator get his job?

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

4. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?

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

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