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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. If reading is a way to dream, who actually guides that dream?

2. What is the narrator's day job?

3. What, according to the narrator, is better than any destination one could travel to see?

4. Why doesn't the narrator do any evil deeds?

5. When does the narrator say he feels more like himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What comparison between humans and animals does the narrator make? What is the exception that he notes in his comparison?

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

7. What advice does the narrator discuss for business managers?

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

9. What does the narrator notice about a bad lithograph? What does he compare it to and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Who is Omar Khayyam and what is his relevance to this book?

Essay Topic 3

Define prose and poetry, and then compare the two.

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