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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. How does the office boy travel?
(a) Day trips on weekends.
(b) Through collected photos.
(c) He doesn't get to travel any more since he is now working.
(d) During his vacation week.

2. Who does the narrator say should be banned to an island?
(a) All rich people.
(b) All intelligent people.
(c) All poor people.
(d) All stupid people.

3. How does the narrator think that others see him?
(a) As a stranger or intruder.
(b) As a freak.
(c) As a romantic writer.
(d) As a very intelligent, sensitve man.

4. Why does the narrator suggest that intelligent, sensitive people should remain as uneducated as possible?
(a) Because everyone should strive to be common.
(b) Because they will never be appreciated by the common people.
(c) To fit in with the common people and be happy.
(d) Because common people rule by majority.

5. How old is the author of The Book of Disquiet when he dies?
(a) 47.
(b) 82.
(c) 99.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what area does Omar Khayyám hail?

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

3. Where was the manuscript for this book discovered?

4. In Section 481, what is the location of comfort and familiarity that the narrator is experiencing?

5. Even though most people make him sick, why does the narrator still love fellow man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the office boy's travels and the narrator's view of them.

2. Why does the narrator isolate himself, and how does it affect his sensitivity to worldly things?

3. What does the narrator credit mirrors and wardrobes for doing?

4. Discuss the narrator's conflicting thoughts and statements about his wife.

5. What does a critic tell Soares about his physical appearance?

6. Define heteronym and who created the concept?

7. When does the narrator say wisdom begins?

8. According to the narrator, what is the only true form of pleasure that exists? Explain his reasoning.

9. What does the narrator say about memories that never occurred?

10. What does the narrator like about being sick?

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