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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. How does the writer say men feel about their decisions a minute after making them?
(a) They forget them.
(b) They are pleased.
(c) They regret them.
(d) They are disappointed.

2. What do the writer's colleagues think of him?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Stuck-up.
(c) Educated.
(d) An odd fellow.

3. How does the writer feel about his schoolmate Zverkov?
(a) He likes him.
(b) He loathes him.
(c) They do not know each other.
(d) They are best friends.

4. The writer refers back to his discussion on revenge. What does he say is the primary cause of revenge?
(a) The rights of man.
(b) Justice.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of death does the writer say would be a delight?

2. 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?

3. How does the writer feel about the office clerks?

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

5. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?

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