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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 is a Waganheims?
(a) Doctor.
(b) A nobleman.
(c) Man of Action.
(d) Dentist.

2. What does the writer state is man's ultimate shortcoming?
(a) Ungratefullness.
(b) Continual impropriety.
(c) Will.
(d) Abillity to love others.

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

4. What is the purpose of the dinner party?
(a) To visit with the writer, whom the others had not see in years.
(b) One of the firends is going on a journey.
(c) To celebrate the promotion of one of the friends.
(d) It is a weekly event.

5. In Part 1 Chapter 8, the writer talks about a mathematical formula for what human characteristic?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Human desire.
(d) Self control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would a content man do to rebel against the laws of nature?

2. How does the writer feel about a man of action?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?

4. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer describes the chiming of the clock. What state of mind does he say he is in at that time?

5. How big does the writer state his rational capacity is compared to his capacity to live?

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