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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. Why does the writer want to continue living?
2. What does the writer say irrationality stems from?
3. What is the ultimate result of the writer's always being offended?
4. What does the writer compare his writings to?
5. After describing a man of action, the writer notes what how a man of action feels about himself. According to the writer, what does a man of action feel himself to be?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the writer's profession and his feelings about his work.
2. How does the writer feel about this excuse for revenge and what justification does he state would lead his to revenge?
3. What does the writer say about the families of men who continually groan with pain?
4. How does the writer continue to explain a man of action's seemingly dull-witted actions and justifications?
5. In a discussion about his illness, the writer talks about his superstitions. What is he superstitious about and what does he say about these superstitions?
6. Why does the writer feel men take revenge?
7. What does the writer say taking revenge does to a man?
8. How does the writer turn a negative characteristic such as laziness into a positive characteristic?
9. How does the writer describe his servant?
10. In the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3, the writer poses a question about revenge. How does he state that men are able to take revenge on another?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part 1, Chapter 5, the writer states that he participates in self-degradation in lieu of boredom. Provide examples of this. Do you think the writer does this to fight his boredom or could there be other reasons? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
In your opinion, do you think the writer is a "Hero" or a "Coward"? Provide examples to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What is the Underground? How long has the writer lived in the Underground? Are there others living in the Underground? What do you think the Underground represents to the writer?
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