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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapters V, VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writer say about the offense he took for various things in his life?
(a) It is because of his difficult life.
(b) It is inconsequential.
(c) It is deliberate.
(d) He thinks he is cursed.

2. During Part 1, Chapter 6, the readers learn that the writer is how old?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 40 years.

3. When the writer states that there is something wrong with his liver, why does he refuse to go to a doctor?
(a) He can not afford it.
(b) His illness is imaginary.
(c) He does not trust doctors.
(d) Out of spite.

4. What does the writer say has offended him all of his life?
(a) The good nature of others.
(b) The laws of nature.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Other men.

5. Why does the writer think men of action are spontaneous?
(a) They are dull witted.
(b) They are free.
(c) They are unlearned.
(d) They are strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Dostoevsky develops the writer, what does the reader learn about his physical condition?

2. How does the writer describe his personality in his previous profession?

3. In Part I, Chapter 1, what does the writer say about himself?

4. The writer goes on to explain what men do because they cannot change. What does the writer think men do in this instance?

5. During Part 1, Chapter 6, the writer discusses what he would have done if he had a career. What is it that the writer would have liked to do?

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