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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is it that people really love of other people?
(a) Their concept of other people.
(b) The bodies of other people.
(c) The spirit of other people.
(d) The lustitude of other people.

2. Who helped the narrator get his job?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His uncle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator's boss?

2. What is the reason that the people in the narrator's office are forced to turn off the electrical lights at an unusual time?

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

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

5. Who is the author of The Book of Disquiet?

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