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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. What does the writer write to Simonov as an excuse for his dinner behavior?
(a) His depression.
(b) He does not like the company.
(c) The first glass of wine makes him drunk.
(d) It is all a joke.

2. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?
(a) A challenge.
(b) A deterrent.
(c) Simply a small obstacle.
(d) A fact of life.

3. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he loves?
(a) Truth.
(b) Word-mongers.
(c) Philanderers.
(d) Big talk.

4. What does the writer state is the only purpose of intelligent people?
(a) To fine primary causes.
(b) To think.
(c) To define laws.
(d) To chatter.

5. In Part 2, a number of event happen to the writer, including going to a dinner party with old friends and meeting a prostitute. How does the writer feel about the events that happen that day?
(a) They have not yet happened.
(b) They just happen.
(c) It is only a dream.
(d) They happen in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite what the writer wants to do during the dinner, what does he do?

2. When the writer goes back to the dinner party after being outside, what does he find?

3. 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?

4. What type of act does the writer state everyone will commit and thus betray themselves?

5. What does the writer say a man can do with no primary cause for action?

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