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

2. In what does the writer find pleasure?
(a) A toothache.
(b) The wall.
(c) The agony of others.
(d) Confrontation.

3. The writer discusses a pleasure that comes from his illness. From where does the pleasure stem?
(a) Joy.
(b) Pride.
(c) Shame.
(d) Humiliation.

4. What does the writer say can be assumed about men who roar like bulls?
(a) They are truly cowards.
(b) They are sick.
(c) They do not abide by the laws of nature.
(d) They earn respect.

5. 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 because of his difficult life.
(c) It is inconsequential.
(d) It is deliberate.

6. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?
(a) He is a large man.
(b) He is sickly.
(c) He is fit and well.
(d) He is short and thin.

7. What does the writer feel about men of strong character?
(a) They run the world.
(b) They are limited.
(c) There are very few of them.
(d) They are without limits.

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

9. What does the writer state he would like his own will to coincide with?
(a) His education.
(b) His understanding of the world.
(c) The majority.
(d) His normal interests.

10. The writer states that man could not act against his own personal advantage. What, therefore, must his actions be?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Vile.
(c) Good.
(d) Spontaneous.

11. What does the writer compare a man to when he is consumed with revenge?
(a) An insect.
(b) A monster.
(c) A wall.
(d) A maddened bull.

12. What does the writer suggest is the result of these feelings about the wall?
(a) Pain.
(b) Agony.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Relief.

13. In Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer again discusses the wall and suggests how various types of people may perceive the wall. What does he say that some people do when they are faced with the wall?
(a) Rebel against nature because of its existence.
(b) Blame themselves for its existence.
(c) Blame others for its existence.
(d) Consult with nature about its existence.

14. What is a troglodyte?
(a) The will of man.
(b) A man in pain.
(c) Hermit.
(d) Gentleman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say has offended him all of his life?

2. During Part 1, Chapter 6, the writer discusses what he would have done if he had a career. What is it that the writer would have liked to do?

3. How does the writer describe St. Petersburg?

4. How does the writer describe a man of action?

5. What does the writer say being too conscious is?

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