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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the final word in the story?

2. What was Fenitchka's mother's job at the rooming house?

3. From what point of view is the story told in?

4. Who is the guest at dinner?

5. What does the author say flowers peep serenely at us with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine nihilism and liberalism. What are the differences between the two schools of thought? Why do the students think that nihilism became a important movement in 1850s Russia? Why do you think the younger generation got sick of liberal attitudes? How did liberalism and nihilism evolve?

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

Examine Russia culture.

1) What influence have Russia had on the world as a whole? What influence have they had on America?

2) What famous people have come from Russia? What influence have Russia had in the arts and in politics?

3) What is Turgenev's view on his motherland is. If he happy about the changes occurring in his country?

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