View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the writer describe Liza's embrace at the end of the book?
(a) Fervent.
(b) Motherly.
(c) Soft.
(d) Calm.

2. In Part 2, Chapter 4, after the toasts, what does the writer do when he picks up the bottle?
(a) Throws the bottle at the others.
(b) Throws the bottle at the wall.
(c) Pours himself a full glass.
(d) Drinks from the bottle.

3. What does the writer say he would do if he sees Liza again?
(a) Ask her to marry him.
(b) Ask for forgivness.
(c) Tell her the truth about the evening they spent together.
(d) Humiliate her.

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

5. What justification does the writer give for his behavior?
(a) His age.
(b) It is a nautral law.
(c) His education.
(d) His status in society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the writer say about those in other countries with regard to romanticism?

2. How does the writer feel after leaving Liza?

3. As the dinner proceeds, how is the writer feeling?

4. During this time in the writer's life, he states that he is tormented. Why is he tormented?

5. What is it about the writer's experience with Liza that astonishes him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 6, the writer wakes up to a clock chiming. How does he describe the clock?

2. Describe the apartment of Anton Antonych.

3. How does the writer describe the room he finds himself in after being drunk at the dinner party?

4. Why does the writer think Liza comes to his apartment?

5. 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?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 9, when Liza goes to the writer's apartment, why does he think she becomes embarrassed?

7. What does the writer find when he arrives at the dinner party and how does he feel about it?

8. 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?

9. Why is the writer surprised that Liza does not leave after being lied to and yelled at?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 758 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample