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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the writer's old schoolmates think about him?
(a) A common housefly.
(b) A friend.
(c) Their competition.
(d) A sight for sore eyes.

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

3. What day does Anton allow visitors?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

4. How does the writer feel about the office clerks?
(a) He despises them all.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) He enjoys their conversations.
(d) He never gets to know them.

5. How does the writer feel after leaving Liza?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Pity.
(d) Exhausted.

6. What would the writer have to do to buy a pistol?
(a) Get to the bank before the duel.
(b) Get a salary advance.
(c) Sell some belongings.
(d) Buy them on the black market.

7. What does the writer ask Apollon to get for him at the tavern?
(a) Wine.
(b) Food.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Tea and biscuits.

8. Who does the writer wake up next to at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6?
(a) Liza.
(b) A barmaid.
(c) No one.
(d) Zverkov.

9. What does the writer say about those in other countries with regard to romanticism?
(a) They are lucky.
(b) They are uneducated.
(c) They are wasting their time.
(d) They are fools.

10. During this time in the writer's life, he states that he is tormented. Why is he tormented?
(a) No one is like him.
(b) He is just like everyone else.
(c) He loses his love.
(d) He despises working.

11. What contrasting feelings does the writer have toward Liza after his breakdown?
(a) Detest/love.
(b) Fear/comfort.
(c) Shame/pride.
(d) Understanding/bewilderment.

12. What has the writer forgotten about when he wakesup after his night of drinking?
(a) The fight during dinner.
(b) The cabby.
(c) An important meeting.
(d) Liza.

13. How does the writer describe his face?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Ugly.
(c) With a mean look.
(d) Beautiful.

14. How much does the writer owe Simonov in this section?
(a) 6 roubles.
(b) 10 roubles
(c) 5 roubles.
(d) 15 roubles.

15. What is it about the writer's experience with Liza that astonishes him?
(a) His love.
(b) His pity for her.
(c) His sentimentality.
(d) His bruteforce.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day after the dinner party, the writer goes for a walk. At what time does he return home?

2. What does the writer say about Russian romantics?

3. Despite what the writer wants to do during the dinner, what does he do?

4. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer describes the chiming of the clock. What state of mind does he say he is in at that time?

5. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5, the writer has left the dinner and is outside. How does he describe the snow?

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