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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 troglodyte?
(a) Hermit.
(b) The will of man.
(c) A man in pain.
(d) Gentleman.

2. What does the writer compare his writings to?
(a) The Waganheims.
(b) The man faced with the wall.
(c) The moan of a man with a toothache.
(d) The mouse.

3. Under what condition would a man only have to sleep, eat, and complain?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Peace.
(c) Economic prosperity.
(d) Sorrow.

4. Who does the writer wake up next to at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) A barmaid.
(b) No one.
(c) Zverkov.
(d) Liza.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer think will become of man's will when it is put in mathematical formulas?

2. How does the writer describe a man of action?

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. How long does the writer state his toothache lasts?

5. What would happen to a man who tries to assert himself?

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