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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator prepare for a tea party?
(a) Napkins and tablecloth.
(b) A script for discussion.
(c) Four small cups.
(d) Three dozen tea cakes.

2. Which season does the narrator generally discuss?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

3. What kind of people make the narrator feel physically sick?
(a) Eccentric.
(b) Common.
(c) Poor.
(d) Rich.

4. What is the name of the chapter in which the narrator seems to be declaring his love for some woman?
(a) "A Letter Not to Post."
(b) "How Do I Love Thee?"
(c) "To Be or Not to Be."
(d) "From Me to You."

5. What does the narrator say he has inside him despite the appearance of being outwardly calm?
(a) Joy in his soul.
(b) Heaven and hell.
(c) A crushed spirit.
(d) Anger in his crushed soul.

6. From what area does Omar Khayyám hail?
(a) America.
(b) Persia.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

7. What characteristic does the narrator hope his wife will have?
(a) Sterility.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Depression.
(d) Happiness.

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

9. How does the narrator refer to tedium?
(a) As cancer.
(b) As a disease.
(c) As a multiple personality disorder.
(d) As a goal all should strive to achieve.

10. Who does the narrator say should hope for a way to retire and not have to think about life?
(a) Poor men.
(b) Intelligent men.
(c) All men.
(d) Upper class men.

11. Which play does the narrator say is terribly flawed?
(a) King Lear.
(b) A Mid-Summer Night's Dream.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) MacBeth.

12. 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 retail store.
(d) A barber shop.

13. What does tedium seem to attack, according to the narrator?
(a) Body.
(b) Mind.
(c) Heart.
(d) Soul.

14. In what language was the first edition of The Book of Disquiet first published?
(a) English.
(b) Portugese.
(c) Japanese.
(d) French.

15. Why will all writing be imperfect, according to the narrator?
(a) Because all writers are imperfect.
(b) Because it is not oral poetry.
(c) Because he is a pessimist.
(d) Because it is all one-sided.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published?

2. When was the manuscript for this book discovered?

3. What does the narrator say is the only true form of pleasure that exists?

4. What objects of nature does the narrator discuss when he describes Spring?

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

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