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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. Why does the writer want to continue living?
(a) To learn to be a man of action.
(b) To satisfy his capacity for living.
(c) To spite the gentlemen.
(d) Satisfy his rational capacity.

2. What does the writer regret not doing more of in his life?
(a) Slap others.
(b) Seek vengeance.
(c) Complain more often.
(d) Love others.

3. How does the writer describe St. Petersburg?
(a) Abstract and premeditated.
(b) A beautiful city.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Like hell on earth.

4. When a man identifies the primary cause of an action, how does he go about this action?
(a) With force.
(b) With primary cause, there is no reason to take action.
(c) Cautiously.
(d) Calmly.

5. Despite what the writer wants to do during the dinner, what does he do?
(a) Enjoys the conversation.
(b) Begins an argument.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Stays.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he loves?

3. How big does the writer state his rational capacity is compared to his capacity to live?

4. What would the writer have to do to buy a pistol?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer addresses the gentlemen about the nature of desire, the devil, and God. How exactly does the writer address this audience?

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