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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 does Bazarov respond to Anna'a flirtations?

2. What kind of property does Nikolai own?

3. What is Bazarov's opinion on the aristocracy?

4. Who has Arkady brought with him?

5. What does Pavel say he can endure no longer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way were Pavel and Nikolai different as children?

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

3. How does Fenirchka react to Pavel's presence in chapter 8?

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

5. How does Anna respond to Bazarov's declaration of love?

6. How does Bazardov react to Anna's rejection?

7. Why does Bazarov decide to go home?

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

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

10. How did Pavel meet the Russian princess?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Turgenev's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

The novel is set in Russian provinces.

1) What meaning does Russian provinces bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Russian provinces?

2) How different do you think today's Russian provinces is to the Russian provinces in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Russian provinces?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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