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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. How many more nights does Bazarov want to stay at Anna's house?

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

3. What is the name of Nikolai's son?

4. What does Bazarov ask Anna in his note?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does fate play a part in this section?

2. How did Nikolai meet Fenitchka?

3. How does Arkady claim he has changed since falling in love with Katya?

4. Why does Anna withdraw her affections for Barradov?

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

6. What does Bazarov want to happen to Russia?

7. How does Barradov struggle with his feelings towards Anna?

8. What do you think changes Arkady's attitude towards his father?

9. What happens at the governor's ball?

10. How do Baradov's parents react when they see their son for the first time in three years in chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Exanine the differences between Arkady and Bazarov's upbringings. Do you think it makes a big difference to his relationship with his father that Arkady mother died early? How has Vassily's doting affected Bazarov's character? Were they are true nihilists or did their upbringings prevent them from genuinely thinking in this way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Turgenev's life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the generation gap between Arkady, Bazorov and the older characters. How different were the experiences both generations went through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Do you think Arkady and Bazarrov blame characters like Pavel for the state of Russia? Do you think the generational gap expressed in Fathers and Sons was particuarly wide during this time or is wide a generational gap common to all ages?

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