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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. When the writer goes back to the dinner party after being outside, what does he find?
(a) Only Zverkov remains.
(b) The others are gone.
(c) The others are talking and laughing.
(d) The establishment is closed.

2. When the others arrive for the dinner party, Zverkov is in the lead and appears to be in charge. How does he respond when he learns the time of the writer's arrival?
(a) The writer does not mention the time of his arrival.
(b) He ignores the writer.
(c) Apologetic.
(d) Unapologetic.

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

4. What contrasting feelings does the writer have toward Liza after his breakdown?
(a) Shame/pride.
(b) Fear/comfort.
(c) Detest/love.
(d) Understanding/bewilderment.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer tell Apollon will happen if he does not appease his request?

2. Why does the writer say he hates Liza?

3. What does the writer say about those in other countries with regard to romanticism?

4. What are Apollon's wages?

5. The previous night, the writer gives Liza his address, but by the next day, how does the writer feel about this action?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the writer describe the room he finds himself in after being drunk at the dinner party?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. When Liza visits the writer at his home, the situation seems rather intense. What does the writer say that people often do in such situations?

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

8. What reasons does the writer give for loathing his old classmate Zverkov?

9. 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?

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

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