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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the author of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Vasquez.
(b) Soares.
(c) Moreira.
(d) Pessoa.
2. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?
(a) Faith.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Fate.
(d) Destiny.
3. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Pessoa.
(b) Vasquez.
(c) Moerira.
(d) Soares.
4. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?
(a) Pathetic.
(b) Pettiness.
(c) Pompous.
(d) Pioneering.
5. What is the narrator doing any time he is not interacting with people?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Painting.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Dreaming.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator's only sense of peace comes from reading?
2. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?
3. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?
4. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people?
5. What simple change does the narrator says has a liberating affect on one's spirit?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the narrator, what are undreamed dreams?
2. When describing a sunset, what does the narrator wish he had and what makes him wish he had it?
3. Where does the narrator believe that dreams may exist?
4. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people? Explain his reasoning.
5. What does the narrator notice about a bad lithograph? What does he compare it to and why?
6. Why does the narrator say he anticipates upcoming events in life?
7. Explain the narrator's transformation from his day job to his writing.
8. What advice does the narrator discuss for business managers?
9. Why does the narrator say he writes with scenic description interspersed in his writing?
10. What are the narrator's thoughts regarding travel?
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