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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. How does the writer feel about being with Liza in this section?
(a) Upset.
(b) Happy.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Satisfied.

2. What does the writer want from Liza?
(a) For her to disappear.
(b) For her to leave his home.
(c) For her to love him.
(d) For her to find an honorable profession.

3. How does the writer feel about his dreams in this section?
(a) They are satisfing at the time.
(b) They are mysterious.
(c) They are frightening.
(d) They are profound.

4. What justification does the writer give for his behavior?
(a) His education.
(b) His status in society.
(c) It is a nautral law.
(d) His age.

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 9, what is the writer's general feeling?
(a) Scared.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the writer's old schoolmates think about him?

2. Where is Liza from?

3. What effect does the writer's speech about Liza's life have on Liza?

4. What is Liza's profession?

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 1, the writer discusses his feelings about his job. What are these feelings?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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