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Notes from Underground Quiz 1

1. The narrator describes himself as:
- not spiteful
- spiteful
- intelligent
- all of the above
2. The narrator bemoans the fact that he could not become:
- an intellectual
- a father
- a soldier
- an insect
3. Consciousness is primarily described as:
- a sixth sense
- a blessing from God
- a disease
- what makes us human
4. The primary literary importance of the novel lies in its:
- opposition to Communist revolutionaries
- use of new writing techniques to circumvent linguistic conventions
- attack on philosophical ideas through the use of a fictional character's psychology
- elevation of Russian culture in opposition to the West
5. Of the following, which is not a metaphor for a man of action, a man with consciousness, or the laws of nature:
- bear
- bull
- wall
- mouse
6. The Underground Man has never gotten which of the following:
- a salary
- a toothache
- an inheritance
- a slap in the face
7. Which of the following does not contribute to making moans more annoying:
- European civilization
- education
- religious belief
- progress
8. Which of these is not directly related to the laws of nature in the novel:
- two times two
- a wall
- impossibility
- heavy industry
9. The Underground Man suggests that he would have been much happier in life had he been any of the following except:
- a sluggard
- a doctor
- a wine connoisseur
- a glutton
10. Liza is
- a prostitute
- a waitress
- the Underground Man's mother
- an abstract idealization of the perfect woman

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