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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. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Nice.
(c) Mean.
(d) Aloof.

2. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?
(a) He is a large man.
(b) He is sickly.
(c) He is fit and well.
(d) He is short and thin.

3. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?
(a) Nature.
(b) Man.
(c) The devil.
(d) God.

4. What reason does the writer give for his behavior at work?
(a) He is a coward.
(b) That is how educated men act.
(c) He is superior to the others.
(d) Out of spite.

5. What justification does the writer give for his behavior?
(a) His education.
(b) It is a nautral law.
(c) His status in society.
(d) His age.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Part 1, Chapter 6, the writer discusses what he would have done if he had a career. What is it that the writer would have liked to do?

2. What does the writer say about the laws of mathematics and nature?

3. What does the writer suggest he would be able to do, if scientists found the formula for life?

4. How does the writer feel about his dreams in this section?

5. What type of act does the writer state everyone will commit and thus betray themselves?

(see the answer key)

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