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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Murad want revenge on Shamil?
(a) Shamil insulted him.
(b) Shamil pushed him out of power.
(c) Shamil stole from him.
(d) Shamil killed his brother and father.

2. What was Stepan Kasatsky 'given to' from time to time?
(a) Fits of temper.
(b) Fits of jealousy.
(c) Fits of generosity.
(d) Fits of laughing.

3. Where does Stepan Kasatsky go after Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?
(a) To Petersburg.
(b) To the country.
(c) To a monastery.
(d) To Moscow.

4. Who is Mukhorty?
(a) Vasili's priest.
(b) Vasili's servant.
(c) Vasili's neighbor.
(d) Vasili's horse.

5. What town do the Russians ultimately destroy?
(a) Shamil's stronghold.
(b) All the Chechen border towns.
(c) Murad's hometown.
(d) Shamil's hometown.

6. Why did Pozdnyshev's wife say she was depressed?
(a) She could see he did not love her.
(b) She could not have children.
(c) She did not love him.
(d) She did not like the town they moved to.

7. What does Pozdnyshev say he was determined to do throughout his marriage?
(a) Carry on his affairs.
(b) Remain faithful.
(c) Kill his wife.
(d) Ignore his wife's affairs.

8. What desire did Pozdnyshev's wife have, which doctors frustrated?
(a) To nurse her child.
(b) To take care of Pozdnyshev.
(c) To bear children.
(d) To take a lover.

9. How does Stepan Kasatsky respond when Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?
(a) He breaks off the engagement.
(b) He kills her.
(c) He vows to love her eternally.
(d) He confronts the other man.

10. Who is Murad hoping to reach at his destination?
(a) Emperor Nicholas I.
(b) Prince Vorontsov.
(c) Marya Dmitrievna.
(d) Shamil's general.

11. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?
(a) That his love for her scared him.
(b) That he was terribly devoted.
(c) That he would kill her if he ever found out she betrayed him.
(d) That she made him a better person.

12. Where does the road take them after the travelers return to the road?
(a) Grishkino.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) The Semenov estate.
(d) Goryachkin.

13. How does Pozdnyshev describe his marriage as he sees it in post-coital reflection?
(a) As two terrified children trying to save each other.
(b) As to cold souls begrudging each other their pleasure.
(c) As two animals desperate to consume each other.
(d) As two egoists foreign to each other.

14. What did the Tsar suggest to do with Murad?
(a) Send him to Siberia.
(b) Use him on the Western front.
(c) Use him to train anti-Chechen fighters.
(d) Use him against the Chechens.

15. Whose house do the travelers stop at?
(a) The wealthiest man in Grishkino.
(b) Nikita's wife.
(c) The mayor of Goryachkin.
(d) Vasili's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nearly captures Murad and his men?

2. Who is Trukhachevsky?

3. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?

4. What was Pozdnyshev's justification for killing his wife?

5. Where are Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty traveling to?

(see the answer keys)

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