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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the writer's old schoolmates think about him?
(a) A friend.
(b) A common housefly.
(c) Their competition.
(d) A sight for sore eyes.

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

3. What is the writer certain Liza will do with a letter she receives?
(a) Preserve it forever.
(b) Send it back.
(c) Throw it away.
(d) Frame it.

4. How does the writer "plunge into society"?
(a) He plays cards with co-workers.
(b) He goes on an outing to the city.
(c) He visits the head of his department.
(d) He visita a museum.

5. What does the writer admit regarding his poverty?
(a) He chooses this life.
(b) He is not truly poor.
(c) He is unashamed.
(d) He is ashamed.

6. Who sits to the left of the writer at the dinner party?
(a) Ferichkin.
(b) Truboiubov.
(c) Simonov.
(d) Zverkov.

7. How does the writer describe Liza's embrace at the end of the book?
(a) Soft.
(b) Fervent.
(c) Calm.
(d) Motherly.

8. What does Ferfichkin say he would have done if he was early for the dinner?
(a) Filed a complaint with the establishment.
(b) Waited patiently.
(c) Left.
(d) Ordered something.

9. In what is Zverkov an expert?
(a) Politics.
(b) Good manners.
(c) Women.
(d) War.

10. 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) Unapologetic.
(c) Apologetic.
(d) The writer does not mention the time of his arrival.

11. What does the writer say happens to women for Liza's profession?
(a) They are honored.
(b) They suceed.
(c) They are happy.
(d) The are beaten.

12. What would the writer have to do to buy a pistol?
(a) Get to the bank before the duel.
(b) Buy them on the black market.
(c) Get a salary advance.
(d) Sell some belongings.

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

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

15. What does Liza give the writer just before he leavesher?
(a) A flower.
(b) A cross.
(c) A love letter.
(d) His money back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer write to Simonov as an excuse for his dinner behavior?

2. During this time in the writer's life, he states that he is tormented. Why is he tormented?

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

4. What does the writer say consumption is?

5. How do the others feel about the toast the writer gives at the end of the dinner party?

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