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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. What does the tall man around 60 years old tell the prisoners he was convicted of doing?
2. What does Aksionov try to do day and night after meeting Semyonich, but it brings him no peace?
3. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov will happen to him if Aksionov “blabs” on him?
4. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
5. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do because Aksionov did not tell the Governor what he did?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Makar Semyonich come to learn who Aksionov is and how does he react?
2. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do so that Aksionov can be set free?
3. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?
4. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?
5. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?
6. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?
7. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?
8. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?
9. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.
10. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Tolstoy’s “God Sees the Truth, But Waits.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the short story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the theme of forgiveness in “God Sees the Truth, But Waits.”
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing setting and time period of “God Sees the Truth, but Waits.” In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?
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