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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fiancée.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling overtakes Kovrin to the point that it worries him?
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Emptiness.

2. Why is business bad for Bronze in "Rothschild's Fiddle"?
(a) There is a recession.
(b) Not enough people are dying.
(c) Everyone dies poor and wants cheap coffins.
(d) Too many people are dying.

3. How does the coroner end up at von Taunitz's?
(a) Von Taunitz condemns Starchenko for not inviting him.
(b) The von Taunitzs are old friends of his.
(c) The beadle makes connections for him.
(d) The coroner wanders to the first warm house he sees.

4. What did Nikolai do for Ieronym when he was alive?
(a) Go through prayer sessions with him.
(b) Call out to Ieronym so he is not scared on the ferry at night.
(c) Teach him how to write poems.
(d) Sing him lullabies.

5. In "Peasant Woman", what does Dyudya enjoy about having visitors?
(a) This is how he gets news about the world.
(b) Hearing their stories.
(c) He is lonely without travelers passing by.
(d) His ability to help them in their travels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrangement do Gurov and Anna make to continue seeing each other?

2. What do Kovalenko and Varenka do that appalls Belikov?

3. The mood during the night Ivan Velikopolsky visits the widows in "The Student" is __________.

4. What are the people's reaction to the Zemstvo killing?

5. What is Katya's reaction to Pyotr's title as bishop?

(see the answer key)

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