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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Korolev assume about factory workers?
(a) They are lucky to have a job.
(b) They are there because of karma.
(c) They are honest hard workers.
(d) They are drunkards and ignorant.

2. Who does Sasha believe Olga is?
(a) His nanny.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His auntie.

3. In "At Christmastime", whom does Vasilisa ask to help her write a letter to her daughter?
(a) The tavern keeper.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The cook.
(d) Yegor.

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

5. Whom does the factory benefit the most?
(a) Christina Dmitrievna.
(b) The factory workers.
(c) Consumers.
(d) Liza.

6. When Olga is alone, what thoughts does she have?
(a) Her passions return to theater.
(b) She becomes passionate about cooking.
(c) She becomes passionate about her garden.
(d) Nothing.

7. What does Lyzhin do for the beadle when he sees him at von Taunitz's?
(a) He offers him a ride back to the village.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He offers him a glass of vodka.
(d) He gives him a kopeck.

8. What oppressive feeling does Korolev feel as he walks around the factory buildings?
(a) Christina is the most educated in all of the house despite her ignorance.
(b) The devil is watching.
(c) The factory will fail and the family will fall with it.
(d) Liza's mother depending on him.

9. What do Olga and Kukin believe the public prefers?
(a) Comedies.
(b) Operas.
(c) Banality.
(d) Cultural classics.

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

11. How does the bishop feel when he sees his mother?
(a) Tearfully happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Shocked.

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

13. What is Katya's reaction to Pyotr's title as bishop?
(a) She reveres him.
(b) She is unaware of its importance.
(c) She becomes afraid.
(d) She mocks him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Korolev believe social change will occur?

3. Why does Zhenya discontinue seeing the artist?

4. Of the following, which is NOT an attribute Korolev thinks about in regards to factories?

5. Who helps Olga pass time when Pustovalov is away on business?

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