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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. During this time in the writer's life, he states that he is tormented. Why is he tormented?
(a) He is just like everyone else.
(b) He loses his love.
(c) No one is like him.
(d) He despises working.

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

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

4. When the writer states that there is something wrong with his liver, why does he refuse to go to a doctor?
(a) Out of spite.
(b) He does not trust doctors.
(c) His illness is imaginary.
(d) He can not afford it.

5. Who sits to the left of the writer at the dinner party?
(a) Zverkov.
(b) Ferichkin.
(c) Simonov.
(d) Truboiubov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does the writer give for his behavior at work?

2. What does the writer say consumption is?

3. How does the writer describe the groans of a toothache?

4. 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?

5. What type of deeds does the writer admit to committing?

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