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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is General Brizzhalov's first reaction to Cherviakov?
(a) He is furious with Cherviakov.
(b) He is appalled but Cherviakov's rudeness.
(c) He wants Cherviakov to let him be.
(d) He accepts the apology amiably with a smile.

2. Why is Varka happy to fetch the firewood?
(a) Activity makes her less sleepy.
(b) She is cold.
(c) It gets her away from the mistress of the house.
(d) She wants to be outside.

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

4. What kind of reputation is Pavel Ivanych proud of?
(a) Being an honest man.
(b) Being a womanizer.
(c) Being insufferable.
(d) Being a philosopher.

5. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?
(a) He was dared to by a friend.
(b) For fun.
(c) To see if he could.
(d) To use as a sinker.

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

7. How does Anyuta help Stepan's studies?
(a) By keeping his environment neat and clean.
(b) By testing him with note cards.
(c) By being his anatomical model.
(d) By researching any questions he has.

8. What is constantly on Nikolai Stepanych's mind?
(a) Dying.
(b) His lack of tenure at the university.
(c) How he needs smarter students.
(d) Liza and Mr. Gnekker.

9. How does Modest Andreich view his wife?
(a) She is there to advance his career.
(b) He is in love with her innocence.
(c) He is in love with her beauty.
(d) She is there on a friend's advice, not because he wants a wife.

10. What is the root of poverty in Anya's family?
(a) Pyotr's alcoholism.
(b) Her brother's irresponsible ways.
(c) Her mother's death.
(d) Her father's physical disability.

11. The mood during the night Ivan Velikopolsky visits the widows in "The Student" is __________.
(a) Eerie.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Merry.
(d) Light.

12. What happens to Vassily Sergeich's family?
(a) The wife runs away and his daughter is ill.
(b) They are left in Moscow while he is in exile in Siberia.
(c) His wife dies of consumption and his daughter has severe pneumonia.
(d) His children die of consumption.

13. Vasya and Mashenka's marriage can be described as __________.
(a) Honest.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Caring.

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

15. What does Vanka remember about Christmastime?
(a) An orange in his stocking one year.
(b) Getting the tree with his grandfather.
(c) Making cookies with the cooks in the master's house.
(d) Decorating the tree with his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to what does Dr. Yefimych believe he is a doctor and the patients in Ward No. 6 are hospitalized?

2. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.

3. What does it take for Olga to get over Ryabovsky?

4. What happens at Pelageya's cottage on Easter?

5. When the narrator arrives to the other side of the river, the place can be described as __________.

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