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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Platonitch amuse the ladies?
(a) With dinner parties
(b) With puppet shows
(c) With silly dances
(d) With card games

2. Where will Bazarov go from Arkady's cousin's house?
(a) His parents house
(b) St. Petersburg
(c) Ukraine
(d) His brother's house

3. Where does Kolyazin invite the two young men to?
(a) The governor's ball
(b) His friends house
(c) The fireman's ball
(d) A restaurant

4. What do Pavel and Nikolai agree a distance between?
(a) Good and evil
(b) Life and death
(c) The farm and the city
(d) Themselves and the younger generation

5. What do Arkady and Bazarov leave dinner to do?
(a) Go for a walk
(b) Dissect frogs
(c) Smoke
(d) Read

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Arkady and Bazarov agree to meet Anna the next day?

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

3. Who do Arkady and Bazarov meet outside Kolyazin's office?

4. What is the name of Anna's neighbor?

5. How far from the postal station is Nikolai's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bazarov want to happen to Russia?

2. What suggestion is there in chapter 20 that Bazarov and Arkady maybe changing their perspective on life?

3. Describe Vassily's profession.

4. Describe the point of view Turgenev has used in the novel.

5. How does Bazarov's situation change at the end of this section?

6. What do Anna and Bazarov say to each when they are alone in chapter 25?

7. What happens at the governor's ball?

8. What comment do you think Turgenev is making about love in this book?

9. How did Pavel's relationship with the princess work out?

10. In what way does Nikolai show jealously towards his brother Pavel in chapter 9?

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