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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 suggest is the result of these feelings about the wall?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Relief.
(d) Agony.

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

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

4. The writer goes on to explain what men do because they cannot change. What does the writer think men do in this instance?
(a) Live a lie.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Become men of action.
(d) Give up hope.

5. How does the writer describe the groans of a toothache?
(a) Malice.
(b) Candid.
(c) Unbearable.
(d) Pleasurable .

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the writer describe St. Petersburg?

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

4. What does the writer say about the man who groans from a toothache for more than three or four days?

5. When the writer states that there is something wrong with his liver, why does he refuse to go to a doctor?

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