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

2. What does the writer compare his writings to?
(a) The moan of a man with a toothache.
(b) The man faced with the wall.
(c) The Waganheims.
(d) The mouse.

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

4. In Part 1, Chapter 2, the writer describes the attitudes men have toward their own illness. What does the writer say about his own and others' attitudes toward their illnesses?
(a) They take pride in them.
(b) They are ashamed of their illnesses.
(c) They keep their illness a secret.
(d) They flaunt their illnesses.

5. What does the writer say about the laws of mathematics and nature?
(a) They are a burden to a "man of action".
(b) They are useful only to the educated.
(c) They are undeniable.
(d) They are overcomplicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the writer say would not understand the feelings of men about their decisions?

2. What does the writer say being too conscious is?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer again discusses the wall and suggests how various types of people may perceive the wall. What does he say that some people do when they are faced with the wall?

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

5. How does the writer describe St. Petersburg?

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