View a FREE sample

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) Only Zverkov remains.
(b) The establishment is closed.
(c) The others are gone.
(d) The others are talking and laughing.

2. In Part 2, a number of event happen to the writer, including going to a dinner party with old friends and meeting a prostitute. How does the writer feel about the events that happen that day?
(a) They just happen.
(b) They have not yet happened.
(c) It is only a dream.
(d) They happen in the past.

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

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

5. What reason does the writer give for his behavior at work?
(a) That is how educated men act.
(b) He is a coward.
(c) He is superior to the others.
(d) Out of spite.

6. At what time does the writer arrive at the diner party?
(a) 5:00 pm.
(b) 6:00 pm.
(c) 5:25 pm.
(d) 5:30 pm.

7. In Part 2, Chapter 9, the writer begins a speech about why he goes to see Liza. What does the writer say Liza's thought's for his visit are?
(a) To save her.
(b) To find love.
(c) To redeem himself.
(d) To take revenge.

8. What type of people does the writer state are the only type to go mad?
(a) Hateful men.
(b) Insipid, bloodless men.
(c) Stupid men.
(d) Romantic men.

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

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

11. Where is Liza from?
(a) Riga.
(b) The writer's hometown.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

12. How does the writer describe his face?
(a) With a mean look.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Ugly.

13. What is the purpose of the dinner party?
(a) It is a weekly event.
(b) To visit with the writer, whom the others had not see in years.
(c) To celebrate the promotion of one of the friends.
(d) One of the firends is going on a journey.

14. After leaving his friend's home, how much does the writer pay for a cab ride?
(a) 100 copecks.
(b) 50 copecks.
(c) 25 copecks.
(d) 75 copecks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 2, the writer discusses dreaming. How long does the writer dream in his corner?

2. Who is Anton Atonych Setchkin?

3. Just before the writer gets into the sleigh, what does he decide he must do?

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

5. What do the writer's dreams sometimes cause him to do?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 476 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample