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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the guest at dinner?

2. What does Pavel ask to see in Fenitchka's room?

3. What does Arkady think that Bazarov has come to tell him?

4. How old was Fenitchka when she arrived at Nikolai's house?

5. Whose door does Pavel knock on when he returns to the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Bazarov and Anna.

1) In what way are their morals different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Do you think they are the perfect match?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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