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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To live each day to its fullest, what does the narrator say one must do?
(a) Recall the previous day.
(b) Do one good deed more than the previous day.
(c) Pick up where the previous day left off.
(d) Forget the previous day.

2. According to the narrator, what is developing when a person realizes their greatest area of anxiety is indeed insignificant?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

3. In Section 481, what is the location of comfort and familiarity that the narrator is experiencing?
(a) A fruit stand.
(b) A vegetable market.
(c) A barber shop.
(d) A retail store.

4. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?
(a) Any idea based on religion rather than intellect.
(b) Any idea born in his workplace.
(c) Any idea born by a group of people.
(d) Any idea he offers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sections does The Book of Disquiet have?

2. When does the narrator say life will start working in his favor?

3. Where was the manuscript for this book discovered?

4. What does the narrator say is best if one simply doesn't think about it?

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

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