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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does the writer say about himself?
(a) He is a person of great wealth.
(b) He is a real person.
(c) He is fictional.
(d) He is a highly educated person.

2. What is the ultimate result of the writer's always being offended?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It causes his illness.
(c) It eventually becomes true.
(d) It turns him into a sour man.

3. What does the writer state man wants to cling to?
(a) The greatness of others.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Abject foolishness.
(d) The laws of nature.

4. An individual is justified in being what according to the law of heightened consciousness?
(a) A man of action.
(b) A scoundrel.
(c) A sick man.
(d) An intellectual.

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

6. How does the writer describe the current state of the world?
(a) A positive time.
(b) A negative time.
(c) A time of vengeance.
(d) A time of forgiveness.

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

8. The writer describes himself in many ways. By the end of Part 1, Chapter 2, he compares himself to a hunchback, and gives himself what character trait?
(a) Disabled.
(b) Quick to take offense.
(c) Unpleasent looking.
(d) Honorable.

9. How many times has the writer fallen in love?
(a) He is always in love.
(b) Three times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Never.

10. When the writer states that there is something wrong with his liver, why does he refuse to go to a doctor?
(a) He can not afford it.
(b) Out of spite.
(c) His illness is imaginary.
(d) He does not trust doctors.

11. What does the writer say about the offense he took for various things in his life?
(a) He thinks he is cursed.
(b) It is deliberate.
(c) It is inconsequential.
(d) It is because of his difficult life.

12. How long does the writer state his toothache lasts?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Never.

13. What does the writer say man is trying to do?
(a) Find meaning.
(b) Seek revenge.
(c) Prove himself.
(d) Empower himself.

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

15. 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?
(a) A lion.
(b) A model citizen.
(c) An outsider.
(d) A mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, the writer describes his previous employment and attitude toward the job and the people he worked with. After going through this explanation, what does he say about this description?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?

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

4. How does the writer describe St. Petersburg?

5. What does the writer say is the result of consciousness?

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