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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer do during the toast to Zverkov?
(a) Drinks before the toast is completed.
(b) Shouts "Hurrah!" with the the others.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Smashes his glass.

2. What is a troglodyte?
(a) A man in pain.
(b) The will of man.
(c) Gentleman.
(d) Hermit.

3. The writer refers back to his discussion on revenge. What does he say is the primary cause of revenge?
(a) Peace.
(b) Justice.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) The rights of man.

4. What does the writer state is a privilege of man that no other animal has?
(a) The ability to swear.
(b) The ability to do good deeds.
(c) The ability to defy laws of nature.
(d) Revenge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before the writer gets into the sleigh, what does he decide he must do?

2. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer describes the chiming of the clock. What state of mind does he say he is in at that time?

3. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he hates?

4. What does the writer say about those in other countries with regard to romanticism?

5. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does the writer say about himself?

(see the answer key)

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