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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the narrator say he believes readers might think he is at the end of the book?
(a) A writer of classics.
(b) A dreamer.
(c) A poet.
(d) A jerk.

5. What characteristic does the narrator hope his wife will have?
(a) Depression.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Sterility.
(d) Happiness.

6. What kind of people make up the narrator's life?
(a) Rich.
(b) Common.
(c) Poor.
(d) Eccentric.

7. What inventions does the narrator say are due to the evolution of man into a clothed creature?
(a) Jeans and t-shirts.
(b) Mirrors and wardrobes.
(c) Hair brushes and driers.
(d) Soap and deodorant.

8. Why does the narrator say he chooses to think about all his unhappy memories?
(a) To keep the grudge alive.
(b) To remain humble amidst his growing fame and popularity.
(c) To rest from doing something.
(d) Nobody likes to read happy stories.

9. What does the narrator say he lacks sufficient money to be?
(a) An intellectual man.
(b) A real dreamer.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A Godly man.

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

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

12. What does the narrator say is done not only to the body, but also to the soul?
(a) The act of acting.
(b) The act of tedium.
(c) The act of fighting.
(d) The act of clothing.

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

14. In Section 305, the narrator explains that he feeds off of others' thoughts, emotions, and experiences. What does he refer to himself as based on this description?
(a) An intellectual.
(b) A lifeless lump.
(c) A parasite.
(d) A plagarist.

15. What does the narrator say he would be happy to do without having to live?
(a) Write.
(b) Read.
(c) See.
(d) Breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does the narrator tell a clerk about his feelings about being alone?

2. From what area does Omar Khayyám hail?

3. When does the narrator begin to think of writing as unappealing?

4. What does the narrator say that intelligent men should believe about God?

5. How does the office boy travel?

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