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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. As the dinner proceeds, how is the writer feeling?
2. What is it about the writer's experience with Liza that astonishes him?
3. What does the writer tell Apollon will happen if he does not appease his request?
4. In Part 2, Chapter 9, the writer begins a speech about why he goes to see Liza. What does the writer say Liza's thought's for his visit are?
5. What is Liza's profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part 2, Chapter 9, when Liza goes to the writer's apartment, why does he think she becomes embarrassed?
2. 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?
3. In Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer wakes up to a clock chiming. How does he describe the clock?
4. What does the writer want to do when the others arrive and what does he actually do?
5. What reasons does the writer give for loathing his old classmate Zverkov?
6. 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?
7. What does the writer compare Liza to and how does he explain that even this is better than being a prostitute?
8. 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?
9. Why does the writer state that in his life he often takes insignificant roles?
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?
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
In Part 2 of the book, the writer often refers to the snow. What does the snow represent to or say about the writer?
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