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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, in addition to dreaming, does the narrator say makes up his life?

2. What does the narrator say is a product of dreams, a copy of real life?

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

4. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?

5. Who admits to not reading the narrator's writings because he cannot understand them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does the narrator do good or evil deeds?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A main character in a work of fiction has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. In nonfiction, the main character is known as the subject. Soares is the subject of his own book. What are Soares good qualities? What are his bad qualities?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the scope of a work of nonfiction. What is the scope of The Book of Disquiet?

Essay Topic 3

What is didacticism? Explain whether or not the author uses this convention in The Book of Disquiet. Explain the subject of the didacticism.

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