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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. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published?

2. What lie does the narrator tell a clerk about his feelings about being alone?

3. What characteristic does the narrator hope his wife will have?

4. How does the office boy travel?

5. What objects of nature does the narrator discuss when he describes Spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator begin to view writing after the critic advises him about his physical appearance?

2. 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?

3. When does the narrator say wisdom begins?

4. Discuss the disease with which the narrator claims to be afflicted. What does this disease attack? Who does the narrator say is more seriously affected by it?

5. What does the narrator say about tedium?

6. Discuss the narrator's conflicting thoughts and statements about his wife.

7. Who is Omar Khayyám, and how does he differ from the narrator?

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

9. According to the narrator, how should intelligent men view God?

10. Of the five senses, which does the narrator say is the most important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define "theme" in literature and analyze and discuss one theme from The Book of Disquiet.

Essay Topic 3

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

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