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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 Aksionov notice from under one of the shelves one night while walking around the prison?
2. How does Semyonich respond when Aksionov asks if he has heard of his crime?
3. Who does Aksionov see emerge from under a shelf while he was walking the prison at night?
4. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
5. What does the Governor say to Aksionov when asking him who dug the tunnel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?
2. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?
3. How does the Governor ask Aksionov about the tunnel, thinking it will convince him to tell what he knows?
4. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov about the merchant’s murder?
5. How does “God Sees the Truth But Waits” end?
6. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
7. What does Makar tell Aksionov he will do if he tells anyone what he has found out, and how does Aksionov respond?
8. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.
9. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do so that Aksionov can be set free?
10. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the role of authority in “God Sees the Truth, But Waits.” Consider Aksionov’s arrest and imprisonment and his relationship with and behavior toward figures of authority.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing why Aksionov does not tell the Governor that it was Makar Semyonich who dug the tunnel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay discussing the role of Aksionov’s drinking in the story. Consider when he drank the most and how and when that changed. Find details in the text that describe his drinking habits.
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