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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. What is the specialty of the doctor in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) Internal and children's diseases.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) Chiropractic.
(d) Head and spinal injuries.

2. What does Paka say his name would be if he were a common boy and not a prince?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Prokopy.
(c) Pyotr.
(d) Pasha.

3. What are nurses doing as they lie in the grass in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Reading.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Singing.

4. Where does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" go first to assuage his loneliness for the woman?
(a) The market.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Home.
(d) The ballet.

5. Where is Dolgushov injured?
(a) His belly.
(b) His legs.
(c) His back.
(d) His head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of eau de cologne scent is left in the hotel by the woman in "Sunstroke"?

2. What does Dolgushov say to use on him when the narrator finds him?

3. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?

4. What is the unshaven porter wearing when the couple disembarks the boat in "Sunstroke"?

5. What does the doctor forget at the middle-aged citizen's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the three brothers do during the summer months in "In Bondage"?

2. What does Antoshka say when Paka asks why he and his brother laugh all the time?

3. What does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" do when he goes back to the hotel room alone?

4. Describe the condition Dolgushov is in when he is found. Who has done this to him?

5. What does Zoshchenko write about "Yuletide Story"?

6. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?

7. Why does Selikhov come over to Martin Martinych's place?

8. How does Zamyatin describe the bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay in "The Cave"?

9. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?

10. Why is Varka so tired?

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