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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. Until what age did Nikolai receive home schooling?

2. What do Pavel and Nikolai talk about when the young men leave the dinner table?

3. What does Pavel challenge Bazarov on?

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

5. What does Bazorov admit to Anna?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Bazarov prove he is a man of honor in chapter 24?

2. What does Bazarov want to happen to Russia?

3. In what way could Bazarov's love for Anna be seen as ironic?

4. How did Pavel meet the Russian princess?

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

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

7. How do Pavel and Bazarov's opinion of the Russian aristocracy differ?

8. How does Bazarov react to his imminent death?

9. What plans do Arkady and Bazarov make in this chapter?

10. Why do you think Turgenev sometimes addresses the reader directly?

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

Discuss whether you think this statement is true or false; The Fathers and Sons foreshadows communism and Bazarov is an early example of a Bolshevik. Use two examples from the novel to support your argument.

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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