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Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Summary
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Summary & Analysis
Part I, Chapter I
Part I, Chapters II–IV
Part I, Chapters V–VIII
Part I, Chapters IX–XI
Part II, Chapter I
Part II, Chapter II
Part II, Chapter III
Part II, Chapters IV–V
Part II, Chapter VI–VII
Part II, Chapter VIII
Part II, Chapter IX
Part II, Chapter X
Characters
Character List
The Underground Man
Liza
Zverkov
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
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Context
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Part 1, Chapter 1
Part 1, Chapters 2-4
Part 1, Chapters 5-8
Part 1, Chapters 9-11
Part 2, Chapter 1
Part 2, Chapter 2
Part 2, Chapter 3
Part 2, Chapters 4-5
Part 2, Chapter 6-7
Part 2, Chapter 8
Part 2, Chapter 9
Part 2, Chapter 10
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1
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Where is the narrator of Notes from the Underground living as the novel opens?
London
Paris
St. Petersburg
Siberia
2
of 5
As the novel begins, how old is the Underground Man?
24
32
39
40
3
of 5
Notes from the Underground is divided into how many sections?
Two
Three
Four
Five
4
of 5
The second section of Notes from the Underground describes events in the narrator's life during what time period?
The 1820s
The 1840s
The 1860s
The 1880s
5
of 5
Throughout the novel, the Underground Man's relationships serve as manifestations of his ___.
Psychosis
Philanthropy
Alienation
Good-heartedness
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