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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Humanity.

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

3. In what genre does The Book of Disquiet best fit?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Non fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Science fiction.

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

5. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?
(a) The trip you take in your imagination.
(b) Sleep.
(c) The trip you take to the altar to commit your life to the Lord.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ends the narrator's comfort and familiarity at the location he discusses in Section 481?

3. According to the narrator, what is developing when a person realizes their greatest area of anxiety is indeed insignificant?

4. To what natural occurrence does the narrator liken his own feelings of tedium?

5. What term does the narrator use to define a period of time in which he is unable to write as much as he is accustomed to writing?

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