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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. As the diner conversation begins, how does the writer feel?
(a) Happy,
(b) Relieved.
(c) Irritated.
(d) Saddened.

2. What does the writer ask Apollon to get for him at the tavern?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Wine.
(c) Food.
(d) Tea and biscuits.

3. Despite what the writer wants to do during the dinner, what does he do?
(a) Begins an argument.
(b) Enjoys the conversation.
(c) Stays.
(d) Leaves.

4. How does the writer feel after leaving Liza?
(a) Pity.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Saddened.
(d) Exhausted.

5. In Part 2, a number of event happen to the writer, including going to a dinner party with old friends and meeting a prostitute. How does the writer feel about the events that happen that day?
(a) It is only a dream.
(b) They happen in the past.
(c) They just happen.
(d) They have not yet happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say about Russian romantics?

2. How does the writer describe his face?

3. What does the writer do during the toast to Zverkov?

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

5. How many days pass between the writer's first meeting with Liza and the second?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Describe the apartment of Anton Antonych.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 8, the writer is thinking back to the events of the previous day. He begins thinking about when he lit the room and saw Liza. How does he remember her face?

6. The writer describes some office clerks that repulse him. Discuss these characters.

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

8. 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?

9. Why is the writer surprised that Liza does not leave after being lied to and yelled at?

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

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