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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. Who is the narrator of The Book of Disquiet?
(a) Moerira.
(b) Pessoa.
(c) Vasquez.
(d) Soares.
2. What source does the author use frequently for the imagery of his descriptions and definitions?
(a) Nature.
(b) The dictionary.
(c) Literary terms.
(d) Religious terminology.
3. What does the narrator believe causes him to want things, only to show him that he cannot have them?
(a) Fate.
(b) Faith.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Destiny.
4. Who is the narrator's boss?
(a) Moreira.
(b) Soares.
(c) Vasquez.
(d) Pessoa.
5. Who concerns themselves with the mystical aspect of Rabbinic Judaism?
(a) Buddists.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Kabbalists.
(d) Hindus.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many times has the narrator been in love?
2. Why doesn't the narrator do any good deeds?
3. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?
4. The narrator says he belongs to a group that keeps distant from things. What word does he use to describe this distance?
5. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator compare love to clothing?
2. Explain the narrator's statement that there are two types of artists.
3. What does the narrator advise about thinking about life?
4. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people? Explain his reasoning.
5. Where does the narrator's train trip take him? Why can't he recall any of the sights from his trip?
6. How does the narrator define unconscious intelligence, and to what does he compare it?
7. Who helped the narrator get his job, and why does he value the job?
8. What, according to the narrator, is the best way to ignore life and why?
9. According to the narrator, what are undreamed dreams?
10. Why does the narrator say that don't people change their lives, even when repulsed by them?
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