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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Olga and Pustovalov's marriage last before he dies of illness?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six years.

2. In "A Medical Case", what is Korolev's impression of the countryside?
(a) It is peaceful and quiet.
(b) It is archaic.
(c) It is dead.
(d) It is boring.

3. How does Korolev's arrival and departure from the factory differ?
(a) He was excited to see the countryside but departs it feeling bored.
(b) He is not eager to arrive but when he leaves he knows he will happily return.
(c) He is more peeved and angry when he leaves.
(d) He leaves more hopeful than when he arrives.

4. What is Belikov and Kovalenko's relationship like?
(a) Kovalenko dislikes Belikov.
(b) They have mutual respect for one another.
(c) Belikov dislikes Kovalenko.
(d) They each think the other is brutish.

5. Why do the wedding dressmakers cry?
(a) Grigory pays them in sardines and candles instead of cash.
(b) Varvara and Aksinya yell at them for their work.
(c) Grigory pays them in counterfeit.
(d) Anisim ruins the dresses during a drunken fit.

6. How does Olga help Vladimir when he returns to her?
(a) She gives him money.
(b) She lets his family stay in the wing without pay.
(c) She helps him find a post.
(d) She gives him the house.

7. How does the coroner witness the disrespect the beadle gets?
(a) The coroner sees the people shoo him away when heading to the von Taunitz.
(b) The witnesses laugh at the beadle when he tries to call them over.
(c) The driver runs the beadle into the snow.
(d) Dr. Starchenko speaks to him contemptously.

8. In "On Official Business", where is the scene of death?
(a) The village hall.
(b) The clerk's office.
(c) The Zemstvo's barn.
(d) The Zemstvo cottage.

9. What does Anisim say that astonishes Varvara, his mother?
(a) That he is in love with Aksinya.
(b) That he does not want to marry.
(c) That he does not believe in God.
(d) That she will go to hell.

10. What same sound does Lyzhin hear at the Zemstvo cottage and von Taunitz's?
(a) The howling blizzard.
(b) Eerie voices.
(c) Distant moans and groans.
(d) A "tap, tap, tap" like someone walking with a cane.

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

12. Who is more likely to tip the beadle?
(a) A visitor from the city.
(b) No one.
(c) A landowner.
(d) A peasant.

13. How does Nikolai Ivanych get his dream estate?
(a) He surreptitiously steals from his workplace a little at a time over years.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Through savings and marrying a widow.
(d) By borrowing from Ivan Ivanych.

14. Who is the only person who can behave comfortably around Bishop Pyotr?
(a) Marya.
(b) Sisoy.
(c) No one.
(d) Katya.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the factory benefit the most?

2. What is the banging that Korolev keeps hearing?

3. Why is Christina Dmitrievna in charge of meeting the doctor?

4. Who does Sasha believe Olga is?

5. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Gurov treat women?

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