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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the writer want to continue living?
(a) To satisfy his capacity for living.
(b) To spite the gentlemen.
(c) To learn to be a man of action.
(d) Satisfy his rational capacity.

2. What does the writer think will become of man's will when it is put in mathematical formulas?
(a) There will be more freedom.
(b) Life will become easier.
(c) There will be more temptation.
(d) It is no longer free.

3. After leaving his friend's home, how much does the writer pay for a cab ride?
(a) 100 copecks.
(b) 50 copecks.
(c) 75 copecks.
(d) 25 copecks.

4. What does the writer state happens to stupid Russian romantics?
(a) They leave for France.
(b) They degenerate into Germans.
(c) They died off years ago.
(d) They are not true romantics.

5. What does the writer suggest he would be able to do, if scientists found the formula for life?
(a) Find happiness.
(b) Caculate the next 30 years.
(c) Understand human nature.
(d) Go back in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does the writer state are most precious to man?

2. In Part 1 Chapter 8, the writer talks about a mathematical formula for what human characteristic?

3. An individual is justified in being what according to the law of heightened consciousness?

4. What is the human characteristic based on?

5. How does the writer feel about his schoolmate Zverkov?

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