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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters IV, V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of act does the writer state everyone will commit and thus betray themselves?
(a) A ludicrous act.
(b) Revenge.
(c) A selfish act.
(d) A kind act.

2. Where is Liza from?
(a) The writer's hometown.
(b) Riga.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

3. What type of person does the writer think could not desire something that is to his disadvantage?
(a) Uneducated.
(b) The gentleman.
(c) Man of action.
(d) Educated.

4. Who does the writer say would not understand the feelings of men about their decisions?
(a) Men of action.
(b) Those who have never been slapped.
(c) The strong willed.
(d) The weak and weary.

5. How does the writer define desire?
(a) As a manifestation of life.
(b) An unwillfull act of man.
(c) A law of nature.
(d) A justification to do wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferfichkin say he would have done if he was early for the dinner?

2. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?

3. What does the writer suggest he would be able to do, if scientists found the formula for life?

4. Who does the writer wake up next to at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer again discusses the wall and suggests how various types of people may perceive the wall. What does he say that some people do when they are faced with the wall?

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