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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does tedium seem to attack, according to the narrator?
(a) Mind.
(b) Heart.
(c) Soul.
(d) Body.

2. Who enjoys being sick?
(a) The office boy.
(b) Soares.
(c) Valquez.
(d) The narrator's mother.

3. What is the only thing that a man ever completely owns, according to the narrator?
(a) Faith.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Love.

4. Which season does the narrator generally discuss?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

5. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?
(a) Common.
(b) Unfeeling.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Rich.

6. What is a heteronym?
(a) Both an antonym and a pseudonym.
(b) The opposite of an antonym.
(c) A term that refers to the sexuality of a writer.
(d) A different persona of a writer.

7. Who, according to the narrator, is more seriously affected by tedium?
(a) People who don't work.
(b) People who are not religtious.
(c) People who work.
(d) People who are religious.

8. In what year does the author die?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1982.

9. How does the narrator refer to tedium?
(a) As cancer.
(b) As a goal all should strive to achieve.
(c) As a disease.
(d) As a multiple personality disorder.

10. What objects of nature does the narrator discuss when he describes Spring?
(a) Trees.
(b) Rainbows.
(c) The moon and sun.
(d) Flowers.

11. How does the office boy travel?
(a) Day trips on weekends.
(b) During his vacation week.
(c) He doesn't get to travel any more since he is now working.
(d) Through collected photos.

12. Why will all writing be imperfect, according to the narrator?
(a) Because it is not oral poetry.
(b) Because he is a pessimist.
(c) Because all writers are imperfect.
(d) Because it is all one-sided.

13. Where was the manuscript for this book discovered?
(a) Hidden in a basement.
(b) Between pages of a dictionary.
(c) In a trunk.
(d) In a car.

14. In what language was the first edition of The Book of Disquiet first published?
(a) English.
(b) Portugese.
(c) French.
(d) Japanese.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Even though most people make him sick, why does the narrator still love fellow man?

3. What kind of feeling does the narrator say that tedium creates?

4. How does the narrator think that others see him?

5. After pointing out a play that he describes as terribly flawed, how does the narrator say he would have felt to be the author of that play?

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