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

2. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?
(a) Loathing.
(b) Inertia.
(c) Pain.
(d) Happiness.

3. 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?
(a) Rebel against nature because of its existence.
(b) Blame others for its existence.
(c) Consult with nature about its existence.
(d) Blame themselves for its existence.

4. How does the writer describe a man of action?
(a) A classy member of society.
(b) Normal.
(c) A leader.
(d) Extraordinary.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a sense of revenge do to a man?

3. What is the human characteristic based on?

4. The writer describes himself in many ways. By the end of Part 1, Chapter 2, he compares himself to a hunchback, and gives himself what character trait?

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

(see the answer key)

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