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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 does the narrator visit in the country?

2. What does the narrator say would be burdensome to him?

3. What characteristic trait does the narrator believe he likes because he holds this characteristic in his own soul?

4. At what unusual time are the people in the narrator's office forced to turn off the electrical lights?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the narrator's comparison of his dreams and thoughts to a garden.

3. How does the narrator define unconscious intelligence, and to what does he compare it?

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

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

6. Where does the narrator's train trip take him? Why can't he recall any of the sights from his trip?

7. Why does the narrator say he anticipates upcoming events in life?

8. Which does the narrator prefer to write, poetry or prose, and why?

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

10. How does the narrator compare love to clothing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is a motif in literature? Specifically discuss two motifs from The Book of Disquiet.

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