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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. What does the aunt of the middle-aged citizen want from the doctor?

2. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?

3. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what city has the enemy been beaten out of in a counterattack?

4. Which composer's Opus 74 lies on Martin's desk?

5. What does Grishchuk have with him all the time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Varka's father in the hospital and why?

3. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?

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

5. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

6. What does the doctor say that Varka's father should do in the dream she has while holding the baby?

7. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?

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

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

10. In "Yuletide Story", what does the doctor think of patients in general?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tolstoy characterize each of the three hermits in "The Three Hermits"? How do these descriptions obscure the true nature of the power that the hermits have? How is this ironic in light of the Bishop's visit to the island?

Essay Topic 2

What is Ivan Ivanovich's impression of the scene at the funeral he attends in "Bobok"? What does he say of the mourners? The smell? What is his impression of the faces of the corpses?

Essay Topic 3

How does Paka describe what has supposedly happened to his real mother to the three brothers? What do they think of the situation? What do they do about it? What happens as a result of their actions?

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