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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?
(a) How much damage it has done.
(b) That there is no eternity after all.
(c) How much more they need.
(d) That they are lost and need to be saved.

4. The narrator says he does not need fast automobiles to understand what speed is like. How does he experience speed?
(a) At night.
(b) In his daily routine.
(c) In his thoughts.
(d) In his dreams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe people do because they are unable to change their own attitudes?

2. What does the narrator credit for the idea of romantic love?

3. Who is the narrator's boss?

4. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?

5. From which mode does the narrator usually experience things?

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