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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. Why does Arkady not like Katya?
2. How is Pavel related to Arkady?
3. What do Pavel and Nikolai talk about when the young men leave the dinner table?
4. Where does Anna ask Bazarov to accompany her the next morning?
5. What country did Pavel go to when his affair with the princess was over?
Short Essay Questions
1. What comment do you think Turgenev is making about love in this book?
2. What suggestion is there in chapter 20 that Bazarov and Arkady maybe changing their perspective on life?
3. What prompts Arkady to declare his love for Katya?
4. How does fate play a part in this section?
5. Describe Nikolai's parents.
6. What is Pavel's argument in support of aristocracy?
7. Why does Pavel challenge Bazarov to a duel?
8. What happens at the governor's ball?
9. How does Arkady infuriate Bazarov in chapter 10?
10. How did Pavel meet the Russian princess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fathers and Sons is a famous book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after Fathers and Sons that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of:
a) Plot
b) Character
c) Themes
Essay Topic 2
The Fathers and Sons is part of the philosophical and political genre.
1) What are the conventions of the The Fathers and Sons genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way did The Fathers and Sons help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in The Fathers and Sons?
Essay Topic 3
The Fathers and Sons is written in the third person. Why do you think Turgenev chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if it was written in the third person?
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