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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?
(a) He is sickly.
(b) He is short and thin.
(c) He is fit and well.
(d) He is a large man.

2. How does the writer feel about the time of his arrival at the dinner party?
(a) Happy.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Appalled.
(d) Ashamed.

3. What type of act does the writer state everyone will commit and thus betray themselves?
(a) Revenge.
(b) A ludicrous act.
(c) A kind act.
(d) A selfish act.

4. What does a sense of revenge do to a man?
(a) Makes him weak.
(b) Gives him strength.
(c) Makes him evil.
(d) Overwhelms him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer feel about a man of action?

2. 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?

3. What does the writer say consumption is?

4. How does the writer "plunge into society"?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 8, who delivers the writer's letter?

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