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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vladimir leave Olga?
(a) He finds another woman.
(b) He is fired from work and must find another post.
(c) She is too overbearing and suffocating.
(d) His regiment leaves town.

2. What is strange about Belikov in "The Man in a Case"?
(a) He talks aloud to himself.
(b) He dislikes sunny weather.
(c) He suffers from paranoia.
(d) He covers himself extensively.

3. According to Stepanych, what does Pyotr lack to set the world on fire?
(a) Humbleness.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Proper work ethics.
(d) Creativity.

4. What embitters Nikolai Stepanych about his children?
(a) The choice of spouses.
(b) They do not help him during his financial troubles.
(c) They continue to ask him for money.
(d) Their choice of careers.

5. In "The Fidget", Osip Dymov is __________.
(a) Socially insufferable.
(b) Theatrical.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) A celebrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Korolev's arrival and departure from the factory differ?

2. Whom does Varka see in her dreams?

3. What feeling does Gusev have before he dies?

4. Why do Ivan Ivanych and Burkin call on Alekhin in "Gooseberries"?

5. When Olga is alone, what thoughts does she have?

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