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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a sense of revenge do to a man?
(a) Makes him weak.
(b) Makes him evil.
(c) Overwhelms him.
(d) Gives him strength.

2. What does the writer state is a privilege of man that no other animal has?
(a) The ability to swear.
(b) Revenge.
(c) The ability to defy laws of nature.
(d) The ability to do good deeds.

3. What does the writer say consumption is?
(a) An illness.
(b) Pure evil.
(c) A normal human condition.
(d) A character flaw.

4. What does the writer say about the man who groans from a toothache for more than three or four days?
(a) His groans are out of spite.
(b) He is eliciting sympathy.
(c) He is weak.
(d) He is truly in pain.

5. The writer refers back to his discussion on revenge. What does he say is the primary cause of revenge?
(a) The rights of man.
(b) Justice.
(c) Peace.
(d) Selfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer discusses a pleasure that comes from his illness. From where does the pleasure stem?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does the writer say a wall is, to a man of action?

3. Although the writer states that he eventually begins to believe certain things about his illness, how does he feel about it in the beginning?

4. What has the writer forgotten about when he wakesup after his night of drinking?

5. How does the writer feel about his dreams in this section?

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