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Questions 1-5 of 25:

When the couple in "Sunstroke" wakes up in the morning, what does the lieutenant smell in the air? (from Sunstroke by Ivan Bunin)

Hay and tar.

Smoke.

A perfume factory.

Baking bread.

What does the eldest boy call Paka? (from In Bondage by Fyodor Sologub)

A mosquito.

A herring.

A puppy.

A toad.

In "The Clothesmender," what is the tailor's real last name? (from The Clothesmender by Nikolay Leskov)

Yulkin.

Vasily.

Laputin.

Ivanovich.

What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"? (from Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Yellow.

Brown.

Black.

Green.

What does a friend of Ivan Ivanovich's say he thirsts to feel? (from Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky)

God's presence.

Respect.

Vodka going down his throat.

Sedation.

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