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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Faith.
(c) Fate.
(d) Destiny.

2. What does the narrator believe about breaking the laws of grammar?
(a) They should all be rewritten by him.
(b) It's okay sometimes.
(c) It's never okay.
(d) There should be no laws.

3. What does the narrator say would be burdensome to him?
(a) Writing.
(b) Family.
(c) Evil deeds.
(d) Good deeds.

4. What is the narrator's day job?
(a) Poet.
(b) Assistant bookkeeper.
(c) Cashier at a store.
(d) Writer of books.

5. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Confused.
(c) Energized.
(d) Tired.

6. What, in addition to dreams, does the narrator say can substitute life?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Movies.
(c) Art.
(d) Music.

7. After rereading some of his writings, what does the narrator think of them?
(a) They are timeless classics.
(b) They should be published soon.
(c) They are worthless.
(d) He has too many grammatical errors.

8. How many times has the narrator been in love?
(a) Twice.
(b) Once.
(c) Never.
(d) A dozen or more times.

9. What poet has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
(a) Verde.
(b) Frost.
(c) Pope.
(d) Longfellow.

10. When does the narrator believe he is truly able to be himself?
(a) At the office.
(b) At night.
(c) In church.
(d) On stage.

11. What does the narrator's only sense of peace comes from reading?
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) The works of the Classical writers.
(c) Psalms and Proverbs specifically.
(d) The New Testament.

12. What does the narrator say is a disease born from civilization?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Illiteracy.

13. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Soares.
(b) Moerira.
(c) Pessoa.
(d) Vasquez.

14. What does the narrator believe people should groom the same way they groom their bodies?
(a) Their religious faith.
(b) Their children.
(c) Their destiny.
(d) Their finances.

15. Who does the narrator visit in the country?
(a) An aunt.
(b) A cousin.
(c) A friend.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. If reading is a way to dream, who actually guides that dream?

2. What does autumn remind the narrator?

3. How many types of artists does the narrator say there are?

4. What does the narrator say will contain little intelligence and much stupidity?

5. Which people does the narrator describe as stupid, insensitive, and uptight?

(see the answer keys)

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