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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) His inner being.
(b) His mother.
(c) His coworkers.
(d) His father.

2. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their destiny.
(c) Their religious faith.
(d) Their finances.

3. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Vasquez.
(b) Moerira.
(c) Soares.
(d) Pessoa.

4. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?
(a) Painting.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What does the narrator say is a disease born from civilization?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Illiteracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator do any evil deeds?

2. What does the narrator call sensations that keep a person from thinking?

3. What does the narrator believe about breaking the laws of grammar?

4. How does rain make the narrator feel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator's train trip take him? Why can't he recall any of the sights from his trip?

2. What does it take, according to the narrator, for people to be acceptable the world's standards?

3. Why does the narrator say he writes with scenic description interspersed in his writing?

4. Who helped the narrator get his job, and why does he value the job?

5. What, according to the narrator, is the best way to ignore life and why?

6. What does the narrator advise about thinking about life?

7. Does the narrator do good or evil deeds?

8. What does the narrator say about the difference in sunrises between the city and country?

9. What comparison between humans and animals does the narrator make? What is the exception that he notes in his comparison?

10. According to the narrator, what are undreamed dreams?

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