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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. How does the narrator think that others see him?
2. What lie does the narrator tell a clerk about his feelings about being alone?
3. What does the narrator say is the only true form of pleasure that exists?
4. Whose life is described his life as being similar to a person who has wrecked his ship on a calm sea in shallow water?
5. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator isolate himself, and how does it affect his sensitivity to worldly things?
2. Why doesn't the narrator believe that one person can truly love another?
3. What does the narrator like about being sick?
4. How does the narrator begin to view writing after the critic advises him about his physical appearance?
5. What does the narrator say about tedium?
6. Why does the narrator say he never puts forth much effort into various aspects of his life?
7. What does the narrator credit mirrors and wardrobes for doing?
8. According to the narrator, how should intelligent men view God?
9. According to the narrator, how does one become a man of action? What role do men of action play in society and why?
10. What are the narrator's conflicting views regarding God?
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 the term "sequence" as it applies to nonfiction books. Discuss the sequence of The Book of Disquiet.
Essay Topic 3
Define "theme" in literature and analyze and discuss one theme from The Book of Disquiet.
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