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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator believe people do because they are unable to change their own attitudes?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Marry.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Revolt.

2. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?
(a) His religion.
(b) His thoughts.
(c) His spirituality.
(d) His faith.

3. What sight makes the narrator wish he had the "gift of ruthless self-expression?"
(a) Rainbow.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Rain.

4. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Soares.
(b) Vasquez.
(c) Moreira.
(d) Pessoa.

5. In Section 76, the narrator envisions an actual machine being built to allow people to have what ability?
(a) The ability to determine the worth of potential friends.
(b) The ability to read thoughts of others.
(c) The ability for self-analysis.
(d) The ability to predict self-fulfillment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times has the narrator been in love?

2. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?

3. What is the subject of the lithograph that the narrator describes?

4. Why does the narrator say poetry should be written by children?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator define unconscious intelligence, and to what does he compare it?

2. What does the narrator say about the difference in sunrises between the city and country?

3. Where does the narrator's train trip take him? Why can't he recall any of the sights from his trip?

4. Who helped the narrator get his job, and why does he value the job?

5. What does the narrator advise about thinking about life?

6. What comparison between humans and animals does the narrator make? What is the exception that he notes in his comparison?

7. Explain the narrator's statement that there are two types of artists.

8. Where does the narrator believe that dreams may exist?

9. What, according to the narrator, is the best way to ignore life and why?

10. Why does the narrator say that don't people change their lives, even when repulsed by them?

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