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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The writer states that man could not act against his own personal advantage. What, therefore, must his actions be?
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Good.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Vile.

2. What does the writer feel about men of strong character?
(a) There are very few of them.
(b) They are without limits.
(c) They are limited.
(d) They run the world.

3. The writer describes a man who knew every thing about Chateau-Lafite. How does the writer say this man dies?
(a) A lonely man.
(b) With regrets.
(c) Peacefully.
(d) With a triumphant conscience.

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 flaunt their illnesses.
(b) They keep their illness a secret.
(c) They take pride in them.
(d) They are ashamed of their illnesses.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part 1 Chapter 8, the writer talks about a mathematical formula for what human characteristic?

5. What is a Waganheims?

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