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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 is developing when a person realizes their greatest area of anxiety is indeed insignificant?

2. When does the narrator say life will start working in his favor?

3. After pointing out a play that he describes as terribly flawed, how does the narrator say he would have felt to be the author of that play?

4. According to a critic, what does the narrator need in order to become a charming person?

5. According to the narrator, what kind of people own the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a critic tell Soares about his physical appearance?

2. Define heteronym and who created the concept?

3. What is the gift of the common folk, according to the narrator?

4. Discuss the office boy's travels and the narrator's view of them.

5. What does the narrator say about tedium?

6. What are the narrator's conflicting views regarding God?

7. What are the narrator's thoughts on writing perfect literature? Which classic example does he analyze to make his point and what does he say about it?

8. Why does the narrator say mirrors are a negative invention?

9. What does the narrator say about animal happiness? What is is reasoning?

10. Why are smells important to the narrator?

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

Define prose and poetry, and then compare the two.

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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