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

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

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

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

5. What does the writer say he would do if he sees Liza again?
(a) Tell her the truth about the evening they spent together.
(b) Ask her to marry him.
(c) Humiliate her.
(d) Ask for forgivness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Liza from?

3. What is the purpose of the dinner party?

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

5. After many days pass and Liza does not show up, the writer begins having dreams about her. What is the tone of these dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. The writer continues to ridicule Liza and her work and describes a rather somber death. What does the writer say a prostitute's death will be?

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

3. What is Apollon's reaction to the writer when he is asked to go to the tavern for tea and biscuits?

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

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

6. How does the writer try to cover up his feelings about Liza being at his apartment?

7. What does the writer find when he arrives at the dinner party and how does he feel about it?

8. When the writer goes to visit Anton Antonych, there are other men also visiting. What do the men discuss and how does the writer feel about this conversation?

9. The writer seems very indecisive at times. While in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 1 the writer states that he does not socialize with his co-workers, he later tells the reader that he sometimes tries to make friends with them. Discuss his feelings about this change in attitude toward the co-workers.

10. After the writer has finished his speech to Liza, he turns to leave. Before he goes, she gives him a letter to read. Who was the letter from and what did it say?

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