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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, according to the narrator, does not realize the difference between the people of the middle class and those of other classes?

2. Which of the narrator's beliefs seems to change daily?

3. What does the narrator say he believes readers might think he is at the end of the book?

4. When was the manuscript for this book discovered?

5. In what year was The Book of Disquiet first published?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator believe that one person can truly love another?

2. Discuss the narrator's conflicting thoughts and statements about his wife.

3. What does the narrator say about intelligent and sensitive people? Since they can't be banned to an island, what should they do and why?

4. How does the narrator like to view Springtime?

5. What does the narrator say about memories that never occurred?

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

7. Why are women considered to be nothing more than decor by the narrator?

8. Define heteronym and who created the concept?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the life of Fernando Pessoa. What contribution did he make to literature and how is that contribution relevant to The Book of Disquiet?

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