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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 would the writer have to do to buy a pistol?
2. What does the writer say consumption is?
3. How does the writer "plunge into society"?
4. What do the writer's old schoolmates think about him?
5. What is the writer certain Liza will do with a letter she receives?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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. The writer wakes up after being drunk and finds someone next to him. How does he describe this person?
4. 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.
5. What does the writer want to do when the others arrive and what does he actually do?
6. Why is the writer surprised that Liza does not leave after being lied to and yelled at?
7. What does the writer compare Liza to and how does he explain that even this is better than being a prostitute?
8. How does the writer describe the room he finds himself in after being drunk at the dinner party?
9. In Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer wakes up to a clock chiming. How does he describe the clock?
10. Describe the apartment of Anton Antonych.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the Underground? How long has the writer lived in the Underground? Are there others living in the Underground? What do you think the Underground represents to the writer?
Essay Topic 2
In Part 1, Chapter 8, the writer fantasizes about a formula for the desires of man. What does he say would happen to free will if such a formula existed and how do you think he feels about this?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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