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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the writer goes back to the dinner party after being outside, what does he find?
(a) The others are gone.
(b) The others are talking and laughing.
(c) The establishment is closed.
(d) Only Zverkov remains.

2. What does the writer say he would do if he sees Liza again?
(a) Humiliate her.
(b) Tell her the truth about the evening they spent together.
(c) Ask her to marry him.
(d) Ask for forgivness.

3. What effect does the writer's speech about Liza's life have on Liza?
(a) She knows she must change her life.
(b) She realizes that her life has meaning.
(c) She hates the writer.
(d) She become svery upset.

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

5. How does the writer feel about the office clerks?
(a) He enjoys their conversations.
(b) He never gets to know them.
(c) He despises them all.
(d) Indifferent.

6. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he hates?
(a) Philanderers.
(b) The unintelligent.
(c) Liars.
(d) Honesty.

7. Which of the diners states that he almost got married two days before?
(a) Simonov.
(b) Zverkov.
(c) Trudoliubov.
(d) The writer.

8. What are Apollon's wages?
(a) 25 roubles.
(b) 7 roubles.
(c) 15 roubles.
(d) 10 roubles.

9. In Part 2, Chapter 2, the writer discusses dreaming. How long does the writer dream in his corner?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 3 days.

10. During this time in the writer's life, he states that he is tormented. Why is he tormented?
(a) He is just like everyone else.
(b) He loses his love.
(c) No one is like him.
(d) He despises working.

11. What do the writer's colleagues think of him?
(a) Educated.
(b) An odd fellow.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Stuck-up.

12. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer describes the chiming of the clock. What state of mind does he say he is in at that time?
(a) Foggy.
(b) Alert.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Semi-consciousness.

13. Who does the writer wake up next to at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) Liza.
(b) No one.
(c) Zverkov.
(d) A barmaid.

14. What human condition does the writer state he cannot express?
(a) Jealousy
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Undertanding.

15. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5, the writer has left the dinner and is outside. How does he describe the snow?
(a) Magnificent.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Almost warm.
(d) Blinding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the writer's home that causes these feelings?

2. What does Liza give the writer just before he leavesher?

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

4. What does the writer state happens to stupid Russian romantics?

5. How does the writer feel about being with Liza in this section?

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