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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the writer write to Simonov as an excuse for his dinner behavior?
2. Where is Liza from?
3. In what is Zverkov an expert?
4. What day does Anton allow visitors?
5. How do the others feel about the toast the writer gives at the end of the dinner party?
Short Essay Questions
1. The writer wakes up after being drunk and finds someone next to him. How does he describe this person?
2. 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?
3. What is Zverkov's attitude toward the writer?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. How does the writer try to cover up his feelings about Liza being at his apartment?
8. What is Apollon's reaction to the writer when he is asked to go to the tavern for tea and biscuits?
9. 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.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the tone of the dinner party. Is the writer happy to be there? Is he accepted? Does anything happen to change the tone during the party?
Essay Topic 2
There are striking similarities between the writer and Liza. Discuss these similarities and how they affect the writer. Does the writer feel a connection with Liza and if so, does he accept it?
Essay Topic 3
Qhat point do you consider the climax of this story? Support your answer with significant events leading up to this point.
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