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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's only sense of peace comes from reading?
(a) The works of the Classical writers.
(b) Psalms and Proverbs specifically.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) The New Testament.

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

3. What does the narrator believe people do because they are unable to change their own attitudes?
(a) Revolt.
(b) Marry.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Fall in love.

4. What makes man long for a father figure to guide him, according to the narrator?
(a) Weakness.
(b) Human nature.
(c) Lack of religious upbringing.
(d) Necessity.

5. What does the narrator suggest may exist in several dimensions including space, the ego, and the ideal?
(a) Humans.
(b) Faith.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Reasoning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?

4. What does the narrator define as a phenomenon where a person is unaware of a flash of intelligence?

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

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