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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. Oleg protests with the transfusion he is about to be given because he believes the blood is _________.

2. What will Dontsova not read because she doesn't want to know what they say about her?

3. What does the doctor decide he wants to do for Dontsova after listening to her symptoms?

4. Vera says that she must write a _________ of Oleg's illness before he can be discharged from the hospital.

5. Who does Lev seek out in order to find a better conversation than the one that is happening in the private room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lev tell Oleg about women and how they affect men in their lives?

2. Why has Dr. Oreshchenkov been jailed and punished many times during his medical career?

3. What happened when Oleg was assigned to the new place, exiled to live there forever by the government?

4. What is the situation of the orderly with whom Oleg talks in the halls when he cannot sleep?

5. What does Oleg want to know about the hormone therapy that he is taking?

6. What is happening with the treatment for Vadim according to the text in this chapter?

7. What happens when Oleg goes to visit Vera at her home once he is released?

8. What happened during the amnesty time to the person who led to the exile of the Kadmins?

9. What does Pavel want to do now that he thinks he has been completely cured?

10. What does Dyomka's surgeon have to do immediately after the surgery at the start of this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pavel believes he's the only one who understands what's going on in the world.

Part 1: Why do you think Pavel thinks so little of everyone else?

Part 2: Do you think that Pavel is reasonable in the way that he judges others?

Part 3: How are Pavel's judgments affecting his life and his health?

Essay Topic 2

Pavel Rusanov is an important man in the Soviet Union and he expects to be treated as such, no matter where he is.

Part 1: Do you think that importance is something that should be valued in society?

Part 2: Does it seem possible for a person to always be treated as if they are the most important person in the room?

Part 3: Why do you think Pavel is a person who expects to be important wherever he goes?

Essay Topic 3

There weren't tracking devices for measuring how much radiation a person has gotten in their lives, causing people like Dontsova to get radiation sickness.

Part 1: Why do you think tracking devices weren't used to track one's exposure to radiation?

Part 2: Do you think that radiation tracking devices were available during the time period of the book?

Part 3: How do you think current hospitals might track the radiation that a person receives?

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