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

2. What does the narrator fancy himself to be?

3. How does being around other people and talking with them make the narrator feel?

4. What does the narrator say is necessary to become king of the world?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the narrator's thoughts regarding travel?

5. How does the narrator compare love to clothing?

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

7. Does the narrator do good or evil deeds?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life of Fernando Pessoa. What contribution did he make to literature and how is that contribution relevant to The Book of Disquiet?

Essay Topic 2

Define the "author's purpose" as it relates to nonfiction. Discuss the author's purpose of The Book of Disquiet.

Essay Topic 3

Define symbolism. Discuss and analyze one example of symbolism from The Book of Disquiet.

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