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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the writer have to do to buy a pistol?
(a) Get to the bank before the duel.
(b) Get a salary advance.
(c) Sell some belongings.
(d) Buy them on the black market.

2. What does the writer question regarding a character trait when a man experiences self humiliation?
(a) Honor.
(b) Patience.
(c) Respect.
(d) Virtue.

3. While the writer explains man's reasoning for taking revenge, why can he himself not seek revenge?
(a) He does not find virtue in it.
(b) He is weak.
(c) Because of his illness.
(d) His actions are never justified.

4. How does the writer describe his apartment?
(a) Squalid.
(b) Seedy.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Middle-class.

5. Who comes to the writer's home that causes these feelings?
(a) Zverkov.
(b) Simonov.
(c) Liza.
(d) Apollon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer discusses a pleasure that comes from his illness. From where does the pleasure stem?

2. How old is the writer when he avoids talking to or associating with others?

3. What does the writer say man is trying to do?

4. What does Ferfichkin say he would have done if he was early for the dinner?

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

(see the answer key)

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