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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Quick to take offense.
(b) Unpleasent looking.
(c) Honorable.
(d) Disabled.

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

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?
(a) Simply a small obstacle.
(b) A challenge.
(c) A deterrent.
(d) A fact of life.

4. Although the writer states that he eventually begins to believe certain things about his illness, how does he feel about it in the beginning?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) He is different because of it.
(c) Normal.
(d) Excited.

5. What does the writer compare a man to when he is consumed with revenge?
(a) A maddened bull.
(b) A wall.
(c) A monster.
(d) An insect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fundamental law does the writer say governs this dilemma of change?

2. What does the writer think a man of action does when faced with a wall?

3. How long does the writer state his toothache lasts?

4. What do others say about the writer's discussion of himself?

5. How does the writer describe his apartment?

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