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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. What does the writer say has offended him all of his life?
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Other men.
(d) The good nature of others.

2. The writer describes a man who knew every thing about Chateau-Lafite. How does the writer say this man dies?
(a) A lonely man.
(b) With a triumphant conscience.
(c) With regrets.
(d) Peacefully.

3. An individual is justified in being what according to the law of heightened consciousness?
(a) A man of action.
(b) A scoundrel.
(c) A sick man.
(d) An intellectual.

4. What does the writer state would be his primary cause for any action?
(a) Pain.
(b) Honor.
(c) Spite.
(d) Glory.

5. What does the writer say about the man who groans from a toothache for more than three or four days?
(a) He is eliciting sympathy.
(b) He is truly in pain.
(c) His groans are out of spite.
(d) He is weak.

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 is the only thing that can stop a vengeful man?

3. In what does the writer find pleasure?

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

5. How does the writer regard these feelings about the wall?

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