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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. According to the narrator, what do people realize as Christianity begins to disappear?

2. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?

3. What about the novels he reads makes the narrator cry?

4. What does the narrator say is the best way to ignore life?

5. What does the narrator say is the worst thing that can happen to a writer who has completed a work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator compare love to clothing?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the narrator's opinion of collective thought?

8. What advice does the narrator discuss for business managers?

9. Explain the narrator's transformation from his day job to his writing.

10. When describing a sunset, what does the narrator wish he had and what makes him wish he had it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is stream of consciousness writing? Discuss what you learned about Soares through this particular type of writing style.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the scope of a work of nonfiction. What is the scope of The Book of Disquiet?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between tone and mood? What was the tone of The Book of Disquiet? What was the mood of it? Was it consistent throughout or did it vary? Define the terms tone and mood and use examples from the text to support your thoughts.

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