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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. Even though most people make him sick, why does the narrator still love fellow man?
2. What term does the narrator use to define a period of time in which he is unable to write as much as he is accustomed to writing?
3. What does the narrator say he lacks sufficient money to be?
4. Where are the objects of nature located that the narrator discusses when he describes Spring?
5. According to a critic, what does the narrator need in order to become a charming person?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the narrator, what is the only true form of pleasure that exists? Explain his reasoning.
2. According to the narrator, how should intelligent men view God?
3. According to the narrator, how does one become a man of action? What role do men of action play in society and why?
4. Of the five senses, which does the narrator say is the most important?
5. Why doesn't the narrator believe that one person can truly love another?
6. Discuss the disease with which the narrator claims to be afflicted. What does this disease attack? Who does the narrator say is more seriously affected by it?
7. Discuss the narrator's initial feelings in a barber shop and why they changed.
8. What does the narrator credit mirrors and wardrobes for doing?
9. What does the narrator say about memories that never occurred?
10. What perception does the narrator believe readers will have of him after reading the book? Why is the anticipated perception not true, according to the narrator?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define prose and poetry, and then compare the two.
Essay Topic 2
What is didacticism? Explain whether or not the author uses this convention in The Book of Disquiet. Explain the subject of the didacticism.
Essay Topic 3
What is a motif in literature? Specifically discuss two motifs from The Book of Disquiet.
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