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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 is it about the writer's experience with Liza that astonishes him?
(a) His love.
(b) His bruteforce.
(c) His pity for her.
(d) His sentimentality.

2. How do the others feel about the toast the writer gives at the end of the dinner party?
(a) Happy.
(b) Offended.
(c) Proud.
(d) Ashamed.

3. Why does the writer think men of action are spontaneous?
(a) They are unlearned.
(b) They are dull witted.
(c) They are strong.
(d) They are free.

4. What does the writer want from Liza?
(a) For her to disappear.
(b) For her to leave his home.
(c) For her to find an honorable profession.
(d) For her to love him.

5. What has the writer forgotten about when he wakesup after his night of drinking?
(a) The cabby.
(b) The fight during dinner.
(c) An important meeting.
(d) Liza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer admit regarding his poverty?

2. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?

3. What type of people does the writer state are the only type to go mad?

4. How much does the writer owe Simonov in this section?

5. What does the writer say can be assumed about men who roar like bulls?

(see the answer key)

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