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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decade in the 19th century is the novel set?
(a) Sixties
(b) Eighties
(c) Fifties
(d) Seventies

2. Where is Nikolai waiting?
(a) The postal station
(b) The car park
(c) The train station
(d) The airport

3. What does Arkady say Pavel was a victim of?
(a) Unrequited love
(b) Fraud
(c) Circumstance
(d) Robbery

4. What does Pavel say will happen if people discard things like the aristocracy?
(a) They will destroy themselves
(b) They will live outside of human nature
(c) They will be rich
(d) There will be anarchy

5. What does Pavel challenge Bazarov on?
(a) His opinion on politics
(b) His opinion on medicine
(c) His opinion of aristocrats
(d) His opinion on human nature

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main protagonist?

2. What is Bazarov's opinion on the aristocracy?

3. How does the author say that Pavel conducts himself?

4. What kind of boy does Arkady say his father was?

5. Who is the farm named after?

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