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

2. What does the writer say about trying to rationalize situations?
(a) It provides accountability.
(b) It is useless.
(c) All men rationalize their lives.
(d) It is good for the mind.

3. What does the writer write to Simonov as an excuse for his dinner behavior?
(a) It is all a joke.
(b) His depression.
(c) The first glass of wine makes him drunk.
(d) He does not like the company.

4. Near the end of the dinner in Part 2, Chapter 4, during the writer's toast, what does he say he loves?
(a) Truth.
(b) Philanderers.
(c) Word-mongers.
(d) Big talk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who sits to the left of the writer at the dinner party?

4. When the writer goes back to the dinner party after being outside, what does he find?

5. What does the writer give as his reason for visiting Liza?

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 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?

3. 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?

4. Why does the writer state that in his life he often takes insignificant roles?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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