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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, along with a particular poet, has helped the narrator perfect his vision of the world?

2. According to the narrator, what is a cult not worthy of worship?

3. The narrator says that other people live through their feelings. What does he say that he lives through?

4. What does the narrator say is a disease born from civilization?

5. What does sunrise in the country make the narrator do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the narrator's transformation from his day job to his writing.

2. Why does the narrator say he writes with scenic description interspersed in his writing?

3. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people? Explain his reasoning.

4. What is the narrator's opinion of collective thought?

5. When describing a sunset, what does the narrator wish he had and what makes him wish he had it?

6. What does the narrator say about his imagination as it relates to life?

7. According to the narrator, what are undreamed dreams?

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

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

10. What does it take, according to the narrator, for people to be acceptable the world's standards?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "anecdote." Select one anecdote from the book and explain its importance to the book.

Essay Topic 2

Define autobiography and explain why this book is considered to be one.

Essay Topic 3

Define the term "sequence" as it applies to nonfiction books. Discuss the sequence of The Book of Disquiet.

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