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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories 26 and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ivan Ivanych and Burkin call on Alekhin in "Gooseberries"?
(a) To get cover from rain.
(b) To see his maid Pelageya.
(c) To ask for income.
(d) For his stories.

2. What do Kovalenko and Varenka do that appalls Belikov?
(a) Sing in the classroom.
(b) Wear sandals in the rain.
(c) Ride bicycles.
(d) Dance in the street.

3. What is most important to Lida Volchaninova?
(a) Having children.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Providing for her mother and sister.
(d) Local politics and helping the needy.

4. What does Stepanych think of Katya?
(a) She is innocent and naive.
(b) She is too timid to be in theater.
(c) She is too brash for men.
(d) She is too foolish to make it in this world.

5. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?
(a) Stepanych's health.
(b) Praises for the theater.
(c) Ill gossip about people.
(d) The latest in medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Belikov and Kovalenko's relationship like?

2. Why does Vasilisa have trouble writing a letter to her daughter?

3. The university Stepanych works at can be described as __________.

4. Why do the women in town get excited about Belikov's life?

5. Why does Zhenya discontinue seeing the artist?

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