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

2. What does the narrator say causes people to not have a firm reason for their own existence?
(a) Lack of belief in God or something larger.
(b) They are too common to understand.
(c) Illiteracy.
(d) They don't realize that they need a reason.

3. What is the only thing that a man ever completely owns, according to the narrator?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Dreams.

4. Who wrote the play that the narrator discusses as terribly flawed?
(a) Williams.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Ford.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?

3. What kind of people make up the narrator's life?

4. What inventions does the narrator say are due to the evolution of man into a clothed creature?

5. What does the narrator say is the only thing worth doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the only true form of pleasure that exists? Explain his reasoning.

2. Discuss the office boy's travels and the narrator's view of them.

3. Why does the narrator dislike reading the newspaper?

4. What does the narrator like about being sick?

5. What does the narrator say about memories that never occurred?

6. Why does the narrator isolate himself, and how does it affect his sensitivity to worldly things?

7. What does the narrator say about tedium?

8. What are the narrator's thoughts on writing perfect literature? Which classic example does he analyze to make his point and what does he say about it?

9. Define heteronym and who created the concept?

10. What are the narrator's conflicting views regarding God?

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