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

2. What does Arkady tell Pavel that Bazarov is?
(a) A communist
(b) A capitialist
(c) A fascist
(d) A nihilist

3. What is the name of Nikolai's son?
(a) Bazarov
(b) Pavel
(c) Arkady
(d) Saha

4. Where Pavel move to when he heard of the princess's death?
(a) To a hotel
(b) To Nikolai's farm
(c) To Moscow
(d) To a hospital

5. When does Bazarov tell Anna he will be leaving?
(a) Next week
(b) In a month's time
(c) In two hours
(d) Tomorrow morning

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of alcohol do Arkady and Bazarov drink at Kukshin's house?

2. What woman do the two young men meet at the ball?

3. What has Anna promised to educate Bazorov on?

4. Which character is smitten with Anna?

5. What does Nikolai say people should do instead of destroy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way has Barazov's presence at the farm created tension?

3. In what way is the relationship between father and son strained in the first section?

4. Describe the duel between Pavel and Bazarov.

5. How do Bazarov's parents react to his death?

6. What prompts Arkady to declare his love for Katya?

7. In what way is the generational gap between the two young men and Pavel and Nikolai evident in chapter 10?

8. How does Bazarov react to his imminent death?

9. What is Pavel's argument in support of aristocracy?

10. In what does Arkady show he is not the nihilist he wants to be?

(see the answer keys)

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