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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Vanka learn how to read and write?
2. Dr. Yefimych lacks what as a doctor?
3. What expression does Marfa, Bronze's wife, have as she is dying?
4. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.
5. What does Yegor dislike about the village?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Katya's response to Nikolai when he writes a letter not to condemn the actors but the art of acting? What does this show about her character?
2. Dr. Andrei Yefimych states that Ivan Dmitrich is "interested in precisely the right things." What are these right things?
3. Why doesn't Grigoriev believe the magistrate when he says taking nuts will derail the train?
4. How does Cherviakov's wife not help his situation with the General?
5. Why is Cherviakov so insistent on apologizing to the General?
6. Modest Alexeich admonishes Anya and her family about how a "man must have his responsibilities!" Between Modest, Anya, and her family, who shows responsibilities best?
7. Why does Katya leave to the Caucasus?
8. Describe how Olga Ivanovna and her friends treat Osip. How does this turn on Olga?
9. What happens to officials who deal with people's suffering, such as judges, policemen, and doctors? How does this affect the innocent?
10. Describe Maria's upbringing under Andreich. What is Andreich's role in her life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The only thing Varka in "Sleepy" wants is sleep. Eventually she gets it by killing the baby that cries. Anton Chekhov writes, "and a moment later [Varka] is already fast asleep, like the dead..." Why does Chekhov write an ellipsis at the end of Varka's story? What is the reader led to believe?
Essay Topic 2
Everyone in Chekhov's stories is looking for some form of happiness or contentment. For each it is something different. Write an essay about what makes people happy and how much are they willing to give up to reach that happiness? How does one promote happiness in their lives and how do some inhibit their search for happiness?
Essay Topic 3
Based on Chekhov's stories, write about what his philosophy might be.
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