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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does the writer say about himself?
(a) He is a person of great wealth.
(b) He is a real person.
(c) He is a highly educated person.
(d) He is fictional.

2. What does the writer say all men must accept?
(a) Nature.
(b) The wall.
(c) Pain.
(d) Consciousness.

3. What does the writer regret not doing more of in his life?
(a) Slap others.
(b) Complain more often.
(c) Love others.
(d) Seek vengeance.

4. Why does the writer say a man cannot change, even if he tries?
(a) Man does not have the willpower.
(b) There is nothing to change into.
(c) His pride would take over.
(d) A man cannot change what is in his heart.

5. What is the only thing that can stop a vengeful man?
(a) His conscience.
(b) The wall.
(c) His friends.
(d) Victory.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?

2. 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?

3. What does the writer compare his writings to?

4. The writer goes on to explain what men do because they cannot change. What does the writer think men do in this instance?

5. In what does the writer find pleasure?

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