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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters V, VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 2, the writer describes the attitudes men have toward their own illness. What does the writer say about his own and others' attitudes toward their illnesses?
(a) They take pride in them.
(b) They keep their illness a secret.
(c) They are ashamed of their illnesses.
(d) They flaunt their illnesses.

2. Who does the writer say would not understand the feelings of men about their decisions?
(a) The weak and weary.
(b) The strong willed.
(c) Those who have never been slapped.
(d) Men of action.

3. 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?
(a) Live honorably.
(b) Be a drunkard.
(c) Rid the world of distastful things.
(d) Make everything beautiful.

4. What does the writer question regarding a character trait when a man experiences self humiliation?
(a) Respect.
(b) Honor.
(c) Patience.
(d) Virtue.

5. How long does the writer state his toothache lasts?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does the writer find pleasure?

2. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?

3. The writer discusses a pleasure that comes from his illness. From where does the pleasure stem?

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

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

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