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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. What does the writer say can be assumed about men who roar like bulls?
(a) They earn respect.
(b) They do not abide by the laws of nature.
(c) They are truly cowards.
(d) They are sick.

2. In Part 1, what does the writer state is his profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Civil Servant.
(d) Thief.

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

4. The writer eventually comes to terms with his illness. As he does so, what does he decide about the illness?
(a) It is just something to live with.
(b) It is curable with willpower.
(c) It is his normal condition.
(d) It is not unlike other men's illnesses.

5. 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) Honorable.
(b) Quick to take offense.
(c) Disabled.
(d) Unpleasent looking.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?

2. The writer goes on to explain what men do because they cannot change. What does the writer think men do in this instance?

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

4. What does the writer compare a man to when he is consumed with revenge?

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

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