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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contrasting feelings does the writer have toward Liza after his breakdown?
(a) Shame/pride.
(b) Detest/love.
(c) Fear/comfort.
(d) Understanding/bewilderment.

2. Why is the writer often dissatisfied with himself?
(a) He is uneducated.
(b) Because of his vanity.
(c) He is ugly.
(d) He feels worthless.

3. Who comes to the writer's home that causes these feelings?
(a) Zverkov.
(b) Apollon.
(c) Liza.
(d) Simonov.

4. What justification does the writer give for his behavior?
(a) His education.
(b) It is a nautral law.
(c) His status in society.
(d) His age.

5. How many days pass between the writer's first meeting with Liza and the second?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

6. Why would the writer lower his eyes when he comes in contact with the office clerks?
(a) He feels they re superior to him.
(b) He finds them hideous.
(c) Out of respect.
(d) He feels ashamed.

7. 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) Semi-consciousness.
(b) Alert.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Unconscious.

8. How much does the writer owe Simonov in this section?
(a) 5 roubles.
(b) 6 roubles.
(c) 10 roubles
(d) 15 roubles.

9. Despite what the writer wants to do during the dinner, what does he do?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Stays.
(c) Enjoys the conversation.
(d) Begins an argument.

10. How does the writer feel after leaving Liza?
(a) Pity.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Saddened.

11. What does the writer ask Apollon to get for him at the tavern?
(a) Tea and biscuits.
(b) Wine.
(c) Food.
(d) Liquor.

12. What does the writer do during the toast to Zverkov?
(a) Smashes his glass.
(b) Drinks before the toast is completed.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Shouts "Hurrah!" with the the others.

13. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 4, the writer arrives early to a dinner party. What time is the dinner scheduled to begin?
(a) 6:30 pm.
(b) 5:30 pm.
(c) 6:00 pm.
(d) 5:00 pm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the writer describe his face?

2. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he loves?

3. Who sits to the left of the writer at the dinner party?

4. What are Apollon's wages?

5. What is the writer certain Liza will do with a letter she receives?

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