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

2. What does the writer say happens to women for Liza's profession?
(a) They suceed.
(b) The are beaten.
(c) They are happy.
(d) They are honored.

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

4. What do the writer's colleagues think of him?
(a) Stuck-up.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Educated.
(d) An odd fellow.

5. After many days pass and Liza does not show up, the writer begins having dreams about her. What is the tone of these dreams?
(a) Love and happiness.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Fright.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 8, upon waking up, what does the writer decide is the most important thing he must do?

3. How does the writer describe Liza's embrace at the end of the book?

4. How does the writer feel about the time of his arrival at the dinner party?

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 9, what is the writer's general feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. Describe the apartment of Anton Antonych.

4. 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?

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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?

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

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