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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What puts Bazarov off Anna?
(a) Her height
(b) Her laugh
(c) Her looks
(d) Her sophistication

2. Who overhears Bazarov lecturing Arkady on old ways of thinking?
(a) Alexander
(b) Nikolai
(c) Pavel
(d) Fenitchka

3. What did Pavel love as a young man?
(a) Poetry
(b) Parties
(c) Books
(d) Chemistry

4. Which character supports Pavel's argument?
(a) Nikolai
(b) Fenitchka
(c) Pepe
(d) Arkady

5. Where does Anna ask Bazarov to accompany her the next morning?
(a) The drawing room
(b) Her room
(c) Her garden
(d) The library

6. Who does Bazarov make fun of after dinner?
(a) Nikolai
(b) Pavel
(c) Fenitchka
(d) Arkady

7. Why does Arkady's comment infuriate Pavel?
(a) Because its wrong
(b) Because of its philosophical nature
(c) Because Arkady should be supporting him
(d) Because it lacks free thinking

8. How far from the postal station is Nikolai's home?
(a) 20 miles
(b) 12 miles
(c) 10 miles
(d) 15 miles

9. Where does Nikolai offer to put Fenitchka during his son's stay?
(a) The cow shed
(b) The kitchen
(c) The drawing room
(d) Another bedroom

10. Where do Arkady and Bazarov leave for the next morning?
(a) Moscow
(b) Nikolai's farm
(c) Bazarov's parents house
(d) St. Petersburg

11. What does Pavel say he can endure no longer?
(a) The ridicule of his beliefs
(b) Arkady
(c) The farm
(d) Bazarov

12. What does Bazorov admit to Anna?
(a) He is not a real doctor
(b) His father is a serf
(c) He is in love with her
(d) He is in love with Arkady

13. What is the name of Nikolai's servant?
(a) Myskin
(b) James
(c) Sash
(d) Piotr

14. How does the author say that Pavel conducts himself?
(a) Like an animal
(b) Like a serf
(c) Like a businessman
(d) Like a noble

15. Why does Bazarov want frogs?
(a) To practice his medical skills
(b) To torture
(c) To train as a pet
(d) To make a soup

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Arkady's cousin?

2. How does Platonitch amuse the ladies?

3. What does Nikolai do after dinner?

4. Who does Nikolai meet whilst out on his walk?

5. Why does Arkady not like Katya?

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