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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. Why does the writer say he hates Liza?
(a) Because she is a prostitute.
(b) Because she laughs at him.
(c) Because she is kind to him.
(d) Because he lies to her.

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?
(a) See Liza again.
(b) Save his reputation with Zverkov and Simonov.
(c) Get back to work.
(d) Find love for himself.

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

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?
(a) Love and happiness.
(b) Fright.
(c) Hate.
(d) Bewilderment.

5. Who does the writer wake up next to at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) No one.
(b) A barmaid.
(c) Zverkov.
(d) Liza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the writer's colleagues think of him?

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

3. How does the writer feel about his schoolmate Zverkov?

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Zverkov's attitude toward the writer?

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

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

10. 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?

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