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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that people who must experience things directly lack?

2. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?

3. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people?

4. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the narrator's statement that there are two types of artists.

3. What are the narrator's thoughts regarding travel?

4. What does the narrator say his job and his rented room represent?

5. Why does the narrator say he anticipates upcoming events in life?

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

7. Where does the narrator believe that dreams may exist?

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

9. What correlation between Christianity and romanticism does the narrator make?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define "fact," "theory," and "opinion." Explain why it is important to differentiate among the terms when reading nonfiction. Relate each term to a specific example in The Book of Disquiet.

Essay Topic 2

What is a motif in literature? Specifically discuss two motifs from The Book of Disquiet.

Essay Topic 3

Define the terms "heteronym" and "pseudonym." Explain which term relates to The Book of Disquiet and why.

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