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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. When did the author complete The Book of Disquiet?
(a) After getting fired.
(b) Before being hospitalized.
(c) While being hospitalized.
(d) Never.

2. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published in English?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1947.

3. According to the narrator, what do all intelligent men believe about God?
(a) That there is one.
(b) That they are their own God.
(c) That there is not one.
(d) That there might be one.

4. When does the narrator say life will start working in his favor?
(a) On his birthday.
(b) Never.
(c) On New Year's Day.
(d) Tomorrow.

5. What does the narrator say that intelligent men should believe about God?
(a) That medieval Celtics are the only correct religion.
(b) There is no god.
(c) That they should worship only the God of Christianity.
(d) They shouldn't believe in a specific God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator's dreaming become painful?

2. What does the narrator say allows poison to enter the human heart?

3. In which point of view is the book written?

4. What is the only thing that a man ever completely owns, according to the narrator?

5. What does the narrator say causes people to not have a firm reason for their own existence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are smells important to the narrator?

3. How does the narrator like to view Springtime?

4. According to the narrator, how does one become a man of action? What role do men of action play in society and why?

5. What is the gift of the common folk, according to the narrator?

6. What perception does the narrator believe readers will have of him after reading the book? Why is the anticipated perception not true, according to the narrator?

7. What kinds of memories does the narrator have and why does he like to remember them?

8. What does the narrator credit mirrors and wardrobes for doing?

9. Discuss the narrator's initial feelings in a barber shop and why they changed.

10. Why does the narrator say mirrors are a negative invention?

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