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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. Why does the narrator contend that a person cannot truly love another person?

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

3. What does the narrator say man is not intended to see without the help of nature only?

4. What inventions does the narrator say are due to the evolution of man into a clothed creature?

5. What does the author meditate on regarding the people who disappear from his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator dislike reading the newspaper?

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

3. What does the narrator like about being sick?

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

5. Why does the narrator isolate himself, and how does it affect his sensitivity to worldly things?

6. Why does the narrator say he never puts forth much effort into various aspects of his life?

7. How does the narrator like to view Springtime?

8. What does the narrator say about tedium?

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

10. What kinds of memories does the narrator have and why does he like to remember them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Define the terms "heteronym" and "pseudonym." Explain which term relates to The Book of Disquiet and why.

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