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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer compare his writings to?
(a) The man faced with the wall.
(b) The moan of a man with a toothache.
(c) The mouse.
(d) The Waganheims.

2. While the writer admits that spite may not provide a valid reason for revenge, why does he then say this might occur?
(a) He is tired of acting out of spite.
(b) He cannot blame anyone.
(c) The laws of nature rule out spite as a primary cause.
(d) Because spite is a chemical decomposition.

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

4. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Loathing.
(d) Inertia.

5. Who does the writer state is the only one who knows what desire depends on?
(a) Man.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) The devil.

6. What do others say about the writer's discussion of himself?
(a) He is bragging.
(b) He is an honorable man.
(c) He is worthless.
(d) He is interesting.

7. What does the writer say all men must accept?
(a) Pain.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Nature.
(d) The wall.

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

9. What type of person does the writer think could not desire something that is to his disadvantage?
(a) Educated.
(b) Man of action.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) The gentleman.

10. How does the writer describe a man of action?
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) A classy member of society.
(c) Normal.
(d) A leader.

11. How does the writer feel about a man of action?
(a) He despises him.
(b) He feels sorry for him.
(c) He feels there is no need for him.
(d) He envies him.

12. What would happen to a man who tries to assert himself?
(a) He would understand reason.
(b) He would succeed.
(c) He would die.
(d) He would go mad.

13. What does the writer state is man's ultimate shortcoming?
(a) Ungratefullness.
(b) Continual impropriety.
(c) Will.
(d) Abillity to love others.

14. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?
(a) More difficult.
(b) More interesting.
(c) Boring.
(d) Easier.

15. In Part 1, what does the writer state is his profession?
(a) Thief.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Civil Servant.

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. The writer describes a man who knew every thing about Chateau-Lafite. How does the writer say this man dies?

3. What is the human characteristic based on?

4. What is a troglodyte?

5. What does the writer say about the offense he took for various things in his life?

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