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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 day does Anton allow visitors?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

2. How does the writer describe Liza's embrace at the end of the book?
(a) Motherly.
(b) Soft.
(c) Fervent.
(d) Calm.

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

4. 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?
(a) By killing the visitor.
(b) By kicking the visitor out.
(c) By not speaking.
(d) By forcing the visitor to listen to his meaningless ramblings.

5. What are Apollon's wages?
(a) 7 roubles.
(b) 15 roubles.
(c) 10 roubles.
(d) 25 roubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contrasting feelings does the writer have toward Liza after his breakdown?

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

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

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

5. At what time does the writer arrive at the diner party?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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