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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as being stoic?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The office boy.
(c) Valquez.
(d) Soares.

2. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1982.

3. Who does the narrator call decorative creatures?
(a) Children.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Elderly.

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

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

6. Who wrote the play that the narrator discusses as terribly flawed?
(a) Ford.
(b) Williams.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Shakespeare.

7. In Section 481, what is the location of comfort and familiarity that the narrator is experiencing?
(a) A retail store.
(b) A fruit stand.
(c) A barber shop.
(d) A vegetable market.

8. What kind of people make the narrator feel physically sick?
(a) Common.
(b) Poor.
(c) Eccentric.
(d) Rich.

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

10. What does the narrator say about the office boy's travels?
(a) Says he is a bother every Monday morning, talking about his weekend trips.
(b) Says he is well-travelled in his soul.
(c) Says he is unimpressed.
(d) Says he wishes the boy would travel somewhere and not come back.

11. What kinds of things tend to hurt the narrator easily, according to him?
(a) Comments made by the office boy.
(b) Criticism from his boss.
(c) Small things.
(d) Nothing.

12. To what natural occurrence does the narrator liken his own feelings of tedium?
(a) Rainbow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Fog.

13. Why does the narrator "remember" things that never even happened to him?
(a) Because of the joy it brings him.
(b) Because he is incredibly creative.
(c) Because his mother did that too.
(d) Because he is a pathological liar.

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

15. What kind of feeling does the narrator say that tedium creates?
(a) That every day is worth living.
(b) That nothing can be better than the moment that just passed.
(c) That everything must be absolutely perfect.
(d) That there is nothing better to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the author die?

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

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

4. What kind of people make up the narrator's life?

5. What does the narrator prepare for a tea party?

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