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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the travelers directions?
(a) An innkeeper in Grishkino.
(b) A servant.
(c) A landowner in Goryachkin.
(d) A fellow traveler.

2. What happened to Stepan Kasatsky when his father died?
(a) He was sent to a tutor in Moscow.
(b) He was enrolled in military school.
(c) He was sent to Europe for education.
(d) He was kept at home to be educated.

3. How does Pozdnyshev describe his union with his wife?
(a) A practical, economic union.
(b) A passionate union.
(c) A carnal union.
(d) A spiritual union.

4. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?
(a) Vasili's servants.
(b) People from the Semenov estate.
(c) Passers-by.
(d) Townspeople.

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

6. What were Pozdnyshev and his wife like in private together?
(a) Warmly affectionate.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Tongue-tied.

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

8. How did Murad die?
(a) He was shot in an ambush.
(b) He was killed in battle.
(c) He was betrayed by his own men.
(d) He was assassinated by Shamil's men.

9. Where did Vasili borrow money from in the beginning of 'Master and Man'?
(a) His parents.
(b) The church till.
(c) His servant.
(d) His neighbor.

10. What role does Pozdnyshev's wife balk at?
(a) Nursemaid.
(b) Governess.
(c) Seductress.
(d) Nurturer.

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

12. Where does Pozdnyshev tell the story of killing his wife?
(a) In a monastery.
(b) On a train ride.
(c) In prison.
(d) In a museum.

13. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?
(a) Make money and get famous.
(b) Establish Russian rule over Chechnya.
(c) Repatriate in Russia.
(d) Attack Shamil's stronghold and eliminate him.

14. Who is Trukhachevsky?
(a) A young neighbor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A semi-professional musician.
(d) A soldier.

15. What does Murad ask for when he has reached his destination?
(a) Citizenship.
(b) Money.
(c) A prisoner exchange.
(d) Immediate action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stepan Kasatsky's relation with the court of Emperor Nicholas I?

2. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?

3. What does Murad hope for, from the person he is trying to reach?

4. Who is Vasili Andreevich?

5. What is Mukhorty covered with when he stumbles in a ditch?

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