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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 4, after the toasts, what does the writer do when he picks up the bottle?
(a) Pours himself a full glass.
(b) Drinks from the bottle.
(c) Throws the bottle at the others.
(d) Throws the bottle at the wall.

3. When the others arrive for the dinner party, Zverkov is in the lead and appears to be in charge. How does he respond when he learns the time of the writer's arrival?
(a) He ignores the writer.
(b) The writer does not mention the time of his arrival.
(c) Unapologetic.
(d) Apologetic.

4. What day does Anton allow visitors?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

5. What does the writer tell Apollon will happen if he does not appease his request?
(a) The visitor will leave.
(b) He will be fired.
(c) The writer will be unhappy.
(d) The writer would understand.

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

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

8. How does the writer feel about his dreams in this section?
(a) They are satisfing at the time.
(b) They are profound.
(c) They are frightening.
(d) They are mysterious.

9. Who is Anton Atonych Setchkin?
(a) The writer's rival.
(b) The writer's only regular acquaintance.
(c) The writer's neighbor.
(d) The writer's brother.

10. How does the writer feel about the time of his arrival at the dinner party?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Happy.
(c) Appalled.
(d) Ashamed.

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

12. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 9, what is the writer's general feeling?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Scared.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Happy.

13. In Part 2, Chapter 8, who delivers the writer's letter?
(a) Apollon.
(b) The writer.
(c) Liza.
(d) Simonov.

14. What does the writer want from Liza?
(a) For her to love him.
(b) For her to leave his home.
(c) For her to find an honorable profession.
(d) For her to disappear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the writer have to do to buy a pistol?

2. What reason does the writer give for his behavior at work?

3. In what is Zverkov an expert?

4. What does the writer ask Apollon to get for him at the tavern?

5. The day after the dinner party, the writer goes for a walk. At what time does he return home?

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