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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?
(a) A doctor.
(b) An old lady.
(c) A sad girl.
(d) A mischievious boy.

2. When did the author complete The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Never.
(b) After getting fired.
(c) While being hospitalized.
(d) Before being hospitalized.

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

4. What does the narrator say is the only thing worth doing?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Seeing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Living.

5. Who admits to not reading the narrator's writings because he cannot understand them?
(a) The narrator himself.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's boss.
(d) The narrator's editor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator believe is the only one who knows his heart?

3. Where does the narrator spend his three-day vacation?

4. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?

5. What does the narrator say is done not only to the body, but also to the soul?

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