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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. Who hates to read the newspaper?
2. What is the name of the chapter in which the narrator seems to be declaring his love for some woman?
3. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?
4. Why does the narrator "remember" things that never even happened to him?
5. According to the narrator, what do all intelligent men believe about God?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator say mirrors are a negative invention?
2. What does the narrator say about animal happiness? What is is reasoning?
3. What does the narrator like about being sick?
4. What is the gift of the common folk, according to the narrator?
5. Why does the narrator say he never puts forth much effort into various aspects of his life?
6. Why doesn't the narrator believe that one person can truly love another?
7. Discuss the narrator's initial feelings in a barber shop and why they changed.
8. Why does the narrator isolate himself, and how does it affect his sensitivity to worldly things?
9. Why does the narrator dislike reading the newspaper?
10. What does the narrator say about intelligent and sensitive people? Since they can't be banned to an island, what should they do and why?
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 didacticism? Explain whether or not the author uses this convention in The Book of Disquiet. Explain the subject of the didacticism.
Essay Topic 3
A main character in a work of fiction has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. In nonfiction, the main character is known as the subject. Soares is the subject of his own book. What are Soares good qualities? What are his bad qualities?
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