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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 give as his reason for visiting Liza?
(a) To show his power.
(b) For revenge.
(c) He is upset.
(d) He is drunk.

2. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 9, what is the writer's general feeling?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Happy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Depressed.

3. What justification does the writer give for his behavior?
(a) It is a nautral law.
(b) His status in society.
(c) His age.
(d) His education.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Liza visits the writer at his home. Upset by this, how does the writer say he would take revenge on his visitor?

2. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he loves?

3. What has the writer forgotten about when he wakesup after his night of drinking?

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

5. How does the writer feel about his dreams in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 7 the writer is having a conversation with Liza and describes her duties to men. What does he say she must do if he whistles at her?

2. 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.

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

4. Describe the characteristics of a romantic, according to the writer.

5. Describe the apartment of Anton Antonych.

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

7. 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?

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

9. In Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer wakes up to a clock chiming. How does he describe the clock?

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

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