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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer think will become of man's will when it is put in mathematical formulas?
(a) Life will become easier.
(b) There will be more temptation.
(c) There will be more freedom.
(d) It is no longer free.

2. How does the writer feel his life would be if he lived as a man of action?
(a) Easier.
(b) More difficult.
(c) More interesting.
(d) Boring.

3. What does the writer state is man's ultimate shortcoming?
(a) Will.
(b) Abillity to love others.
(c) Ungratefullness.
(d) Continual impropriety.

4. The writer goes on to explain what men do because they cannot change. What does the writer think men do in this instance?
(a) Become men of action.
(b) Give up hope.
(c) Live a lie.
(d) Nothing.

5. In Part 1 Chapter 8, the writer talks about a mathematical formula for what human characteristic?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Self control.
(d) Human desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer again discusses the wall and suggests how various types of people may perceive the wall. What does he say that some people do when they are faced with the wall?

2. What are some things the writer believes man will never discover?

3. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?

4. How long has the writer been underground?

5. How does the writer describe the groans of a toothache?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the writer, what is the difference between reason and desire?

2. What does the writer say taking revenge does to a man?

3. What does the writer think will happen if scientists find a formula that predicts where desires originate?

4. Discuss the writer's profession and his feelings about his work.

5. Why does the writer feel men take revenge?

6. Who does the writer state is the antithesis of a normal person?

7. How does the writer describe his servant?

8. How does the writer explain the reason for man of action being a dull-witted person?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer attributes many qualities to mankind. Does he finish with any specific conclusion of man, and if so ,what?

10. What does the writer say about a person who groans with pain?

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