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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters IV, V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the human characteristic based on?
(a) Laws of nature.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Love.

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

3. How does the writer "plunge into society"?
(a) He plays cards with co-workers.
(b) He goes on an outing to the city.
(c) He visits the head of his department.
(d) He visita a museum.

4. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer describes the chiming of the clock. What state of mind does he say he is in at that time?
(a) Alert.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Semi-consciousness.

5. What two things does the writer state are most precious to man?
(a) Love and family.
(b) Desire and acceptance.
(c) Revenge and education.
(d) Personality and individuality.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?

4. Who is Anton Atonych Setchkin?

5. After describing a man of action, the writer notes what how a man of action feels about himself. According to the writer, what does a man of action feel himself to be?

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