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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author advise people to do if they feel they must disclose information about themselves to others?
(a) Use a pseudonym.
(b) Lie.
(c) Don't discuss feelings.
(d) Not to talk about family.

2. After pointing out a play that he describes as terribly flawed, how does the narrator say he would have felt to be the author of that play?
(a) Pitiful.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Proud.
(d) Encouraged.

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

4. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published in English?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1999.

5. What does the narrator say is an offensive form of human stupidity?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Religion.
(d) Violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the writing style in which the writing seems to mimic the author's random thoughts?

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

3. What job position -- if it existed -- does the narrator say he would be perfect to fill?

4. What inventions does the narrator say are due to the evolution of man into a clothed creature?

5. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people?

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