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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 437 - 455.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the play that the narrator discusses as terribly flawed?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Williams.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Ford.

2. What remained constant about the scales the girl played on her instrument when she lived above the narrator?
(a) The monotonous rhythm.
(b) The pitch.
(c) She always got them wrong.
(d) She played at the same time every day.

3. Why will all writing be imperfect, according to the narrator?
(a) Because all writers are imperfect.
(b) Because it is all one-sided.
(c) Because he is a pessimist.
(d) Because it is not oral poetry.

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

5. What does the narrator prefer to write?
(a) Scripts for three act plays.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Prose.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator contend that a person cannot truly love another person?

2. At what unusual time are the people in the narrator's office forced to turn off the electrical lights?

3. What does the person who enjoys being sick like about having fever?

4. What does the narrator say is an offensive form of human stupidity?

5. What is the only thing that a man ever completely owns, according to the narrator?

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