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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 do the writer's dreams sometimes cause him to do?
(a) Commit crimes.
(b) Embrace people.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Seclude himself.

2. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he loves?
(a) Truth.
(b) Philanderers.
(c) Big talk.
(d) Word-mongers.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ferfichkin say he would have done if he was early for the dinner?

2. What type of people does the writer state are the only type to go mad?

3. What does the writer state happens to stupid Russian romantics?

4. How does the writer feel about his schoolmate Zverkov?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the writer want to do when the others arrive and what does he actually do?

2. The writer wakes up after being drunk and finds someone next to him. How does he describe this person?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 8, the writer decides to borrow money from his friend Anton Antonych in order to repay Simonov. Why does Anton Antonych so readily lend the money?

4. What does the writer compare Liza to and how does he explain that even this is better than being a prostitute?

5. What is Zverkov's reaction to the writer's complaint about not being informed of the change in time for the dinner party?

6. Why does the writer think Liza comes to his apartment?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 9, when Liza goes to the writer's apartment, why does he think she becomes embarrassed?

8. In Part 2, Chapter 1, the writer discusses his feelings about his job. What are these feelings?

9. Why does the writer state that in his life he often takes insignificant roles?

10. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 5, the writer is in the room with the prostitute and glances in the mirror. What does he see and how does he feel about it?

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