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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. Who is Murad hoping to reach at his destination?

2. Who gives the travelers directions?

3. Why does Murad want revenge on Shamil?

4. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?

5. Why did Pozdnyshev's wife say she was depressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pozdnyshev's marriage.

2. What happens the first time Nikita and Vasili get off the road?

3. What causes Vasili Andreevich to set off for Goryachkin?

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

5. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

6. Why does Murad want to fight Shamil?

7. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

8. What finally halts the travelers?

9. What does Hadji Murad hope to find when he reaches Russia?

10. How did Father Sergius come to be sent to Siberia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of Tolstoy's characters learn and grow, but some, like Ivan Ilych's wife, remain consistently bound to their temperament. Analyzing characters who are bound by temperament, assess the theory of temperament in Tolstoy's writing. Are people free to develop, or are they bound by their characters, in Tolstoy's opinion?

Essay Topic 2

How does Tolstoy see marriage? Analyze marriages in three stories, and describe the uses, benefits and disadvantages of marriage in Tolstoy's writing.

Essay Topic 3

What is Tolstoy's relation with his characters and the events he describes? Is he a sympathetic narrator, or does he distance himself from his characters' thoughts and actions?

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