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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which play does the narrator say is terribly flawed?
(a) A Mid-Summer Night's Dream.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) MacBeth.
(d) King Lear.

2. What does the narrator say is the only thing worth doing?
(a) Breathing.
(b) Living.
(c) Reading.
(d) Seeing.

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

4. What does the narrator say a person must do in order to truly love something?
(a) Respect it.
(b) Own it.
(c) Know it.
(d) Fear it.

5. Whose life is like a ball of tangled yarn?
(a) Intelligent people's.
(b) Common people's.
(c) Soares's.
(d) Religious group members.

6. What does the person who enjoys being sick like about having fever?
(a) Fever makes the person hallucinate.
(b) Fever makes the person sweat and become pure again.
(c) Fever makes the person get extra attention and medication.
(d) Fever makes thoughts, feelings, and emotions become all jumbled together

7. What does the narrator say man is not intended to see without the help of nature only?
(a) The beauty of a tree.
(b) Cloud shapes.
(c) His own face.
(d) The inner depth of his soul.

8. What does the narrator say are the only memories that exist?
(a) Memories of literature.
(b) Memories of his father.
(c) Memories of school.
(d) Memories of his mother.

9. From what area does Omar Khayyám hail?
(a) Russia.
(b) America.
(c) Persia.
(d) France.

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

11. What does the narrator say he has inside him despite the appearance of being outwardly calm?
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) Anger in his crushed soul.
(c) Joy in his soul.
(d) A crushed spirit.

12. Which of the narrator's beliefs seems to change daily?
(a) Belief in God.
(b) Belief in humanity.
(c) Belief in his own writing skill.
(d) Belief in art.

13. Why does the narrator contend that a person cannot truly love another person?
(a) It is impossible to respect humanity.
(b) A person cannot own another person.
(c) A person never really knows another person.
(d) It is impossible to fear a mere human.

14. What job position -- if it existed -- does the narrator say he would be perfect to fill?
(a) Arbiter of elegance.
(b) Royal writer of words.
(c) Examiner of grammar.
(d) Improver for art.

15. What does the narrator say causes people to not have a firm reason for their own existence?
(a) They are too common to understand.
(b) They don't realize that they need a reason.
(c) Illiteracy.
(d) Lack of belief in God or something larger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sections does The Book of Disquiet have?

2. Why is the narrator sad to see the office boy quit?

3. Why does the narrator say he chooses to think about all his unhappy memories?

4. What instrument did a girl who lived above the narrator play when she lived in the building?

5. What does the narrator say about the office boy's travels?

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