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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 does the writer state is a privilege of man that no other animal has?
(a) Revenge.
(b) The ability to defy laws of nature.
(c) The ability to swear.
(d) The ability to do good deeds.

2. How does the writer feel about a man of action?
(a) He despises him.
(b) He feels sorry for him.
(c) He feels there is no need for him.
(d) He envies him.

3. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5, the writer has left the dinner and is outside. How does he describe the snow?
(a) Blinding.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Magnificent.
(d) Almost warm.

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

5. How long has the writer been underground?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 30 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some things the writer believes man will never discover?

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

3. When the others arrive for the dinner party, Zverkov is in the lead and appears to be in charge. How does he respond when he learns the time of the writer's arrival?

4. What is the purpose of the dinner party?

5. Just before the writer gets into the sleigh, what does he decide he must do?

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