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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says humans outwardly worship perfection. What does he say they do secretly?
(a) Conspire to achieve it.
(b) Hate it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Covet it.

2. What does the narrator say is the only true form of pleasure that exists?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Art.
(c) Reading.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What does the narrator say a person must do in order to truly love something?
(a) Own it.
(b) Know it.
(c) Fear it.
(d) Respect it.

4. How does the narrator multi-task?
(a) By being practical in his art.
(b) By sleeping while he works.
(c) By dreaming while he works.
(d) By writing while he works.

5. Why does the narrator say he believes animals are not happy?
(a) Because they do not have a soul.
(b) Because they have no knowledge of happiness.
(c) Because of their keen senses.
(d) Because they have smaller brains.

6. Who hates to read the newspaper?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The office boy.
(c) Vasquez.
(d) Soares.

7. Who, according to the narrator, cannot be a dreamer?
(a) The common man.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) The poor.
(d) The intellectual man.

8. Who does the narrator believe is the only one who knows his heart?
(a) His father.
(b) Himself.
(c) His mother.
(d) God.

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

10. What does the narrator say causes him to be even more sensitive to the things of the world?
(a) Trying to fit in with the intelligent people.
(b) Trying to break away from the intelligent people.
(c) Trying to break away from the world.
(d) Trying to fit in with the common people.

11. What does the narrator say are the only memories that exist?
(a) Memories of literature.
(b) Memories of his mother.
(c) Memories of his father.
(d) Memories of school.

12. Who does the narrator call decorative creatures?
(a) Women.
(b) Elderly.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

13. 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) Embarrassed.
(b) Encouraged.
(c) Proud.
(d) Pitiful.

14. What does the author meditate on regarding the people who disappear from his life?
(a) The nostalgia he feels for them.
(b) The suffering he has endured.
(c) The suffering they must have endured.
(d) The pain they must feel when leaving.

15. How does the office boy travel?
(a) Day trips on weekends.
(b) Through collected photos.
(c) He doesn't get to travel any more since he is now working.
(d) During his vacation week.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the manuscript for this book discovered?

2. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published in English?

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

4. What does the narrator say that intelligent men should believe about God?

5. What does the narrator say about the office boy's travels?

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