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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. According to the narrator, what kind of man can keep outside influences from changing him?
2. What is the only thing the narrator recognizes as reality?
3. What does the narrator say is best if one simply doesn't think about it?
4. In what condition does the narrator seem to believe that all other people live in daily?
5. Who is the author of The Book of Disquiet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator notice about a bad lithograph? What does he compare it to and why?
2. What does the narrator advise about thinking about life?
3. What does the narrator believe differentiates him from other people? Explain his reasoning.
4. When describing a sunset, what does the narrator wish he had and what makes him wish he had it?
5. Who helped the narrator get his job, and why does he value the job?
6. Explain the narrator's comparison of his dreams and thoughts to a garden.
7. Which does the narrator prefer to write, poetry or prose, and why?
8. Where does the narrator's train trip take him? Why can't he recall any of the sights from his trip?
9. According to the narrator, what are undreamed dreams?
10. Why does the narrator say that don't people change their lives, even when repulsed by them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define "theme" in literature and analyze and discuss one theme from The Book of Disquiet.
Essay Topic 2
There are four common points of view in which literature is written: first person, third person objective, third person limited, and third person omniscient. Which point of view does the author use in this book? Is this the most effective point of view for this story? Could this story have been told from a different point of view and still been in the same genre?
Essay Topic 3
Define "fact," "theory," and "opinion." Explain why it is important to differentiate among the terms when reading nonfiction. Relate each term to a specific example in The Book of Disquiet.
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