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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Countess Korotkova?
(a) Stepan Kasatsky's mother's friend.
(b) Stepan Kasatsky's aunt.
(c) The emperor's concubine.
(d) A general's wife.

2. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?
(a) Make money and get famous.
(b) Repatriate in Russia.
(c) Establish Russian rule over Chechnya.
(d) Attack Shamil's stronghold and eliminate him.

3. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?
(a) A woman who refuses him.
(b) A woman who tempts him.
(c) A woman who seduced his spiritual leader.
(d) A woman who seduces him.

4. Where does Murad stay while he is in flight?
(a) With friends.
(b) He stays on the move.
(c) In the forest.
(d) On the streets.

5. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?
(a) That she made him a better person.
(b) That he would kill her if he ever found out she betrayed him.
(c) That he was terribly devoted.
(d) That his love for her scared him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it called when Vasili dies protecting Nikita?

2. What is Stepan Kasatsky's relation with the court of Emperor Nicholas I?

3. What makes Murad suspicious when he reaches his destination?

4. When do the travelers finally decide to stop?

5. How does Tolstoy describe Countess Korotkova?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

2. What happens to Vasili and Nikita after they set out from Grishkino?

3. What is the setting for "Kreutzer Sonata"?

4. Describe Stepan Kasatsky' personality.

5. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

6. Describe Stepan Kasatsky's relationship with Countess Korotkova.

7. What does Murad ask Prince Vorontsov for after he surrenders?

8. Describe Pozdnyshev's marriage.

9. What does Tolstoy mean by ending the story with Marya Dmitrievna screaming 'you are all cutthroats'?

10. How does Stepan acquire the name Father Sergius?

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