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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is it called when Vasili dies protecting Nikita?
(a) Irony.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Justice.
2. How does Tolstoy describe Countess Korotkova?
(a) Charming.
(b) Self-sacrificing.
(c) Virtuous.
(d) Devout.
3. What does Murad hope for, from the person he is trying to reach?
(a) A large force.
(b) Amnesty.
(c) Money.
(d) Safe passage.
4. When do the travelers finally decide to stop?
(a) When they get stuck in a ravine.
(b) When the sled breaks.
(c) When they lose their way again.
(d) When Mukhorty is injured.
5. Where are Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty traveling to?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Goryachkin.
(c) The Semenov estate.
(d) Moscow.
6. How does Pozdnyshev describe his and his wife's courtship?
(a) Convoluted.
(b) On-again-off-again.
(c) Lengthy.
(d) Brief.
7. How does Stepan Kasatsky respond when Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?
(a) He confronts the other man.
(b) He breaks off the engagement.
(c) He kills her.
(d) He vows to love her eternally.
8. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?
(a) Repatriate in Russia.
(b) Make money and get famous.
(c) Establish Russian rule over Chechnya.
(d) Attack Shamil's stronghold and eliminate him.
9. What role does Pozdnyshev's wife balk at?
(a) Governess.
(b) Seductress.
(c) Nursemaid.
(d) Nurturer.
10. Where did Vasili borrow money from in the beginning of 'Master and Man'?
(a) His parents.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His servant.
(d) The church till.
11. What significance does Pashenka have to Sergius after Sergius leaves the monastery?
(a) She seems like a means to salvation for him.
(b) He wants to punish her for leading him astray.
(c) He wants to set things right with her.
(d) He wants to devote himself to her.
12. What is Father Sergius's reason for wanting to be transferred out of the city?
(a) Lust for women.
(b) Desire for easy city ways.
(c) Desire for money.
(d) Desire for power.
13. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?
(a) By singing.
(b) By having affairs.
(c) By gossiping.
(d) By playing piano.
14. Who does Pozdnyshev tell his story to?
(a) His seat-mate.
(b) A judge and jury.
(c) His cell-mate.
(d) Passers-by.
15. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?
(a) As a great burden.
(b) As a torment.
(c) As consolation for his unhappy marriage.
(d) As angels.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Murad die?
2. Where does the road take them after the travelers return to the road?
3. How long after their wedding was Pozdnyshev's wife depressed?
4. Who is Nikita?
5. What was Pozdnyshev's justification for killing his wife?
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