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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pozdnyshev see his marriage after a few weeks?
(a) As a heavy burden.
(b) As a sweet kind of teamwork.
(c) As a transcendent pleasure.
(d) As a justification for misery.

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

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

4. How long after their wedding was Pozdnyshev's wife depressed?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

5. What are Stepan Kasatsky's motives for whatever he undertakes?
(a) To create a disturbance.
(b) To escape from reality.
(c) To undermine authority.
(d) To win recognition.

6. How does Tolstoy describe Stepan Kasatsky's educational career?
(a) Disappointing.
(b) Lackluster.
(c) Unconventional.
(d) Brilliant.

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

8. What does Murad intend to do when he reaches his destination?
(a) Fight the Russians.
(b) Gather men to fight Shamil.
(c) Emigrate to America.
(d) Surrender to the Russians.

9. Where is Murad fleeing to?
(a) The Caucasus.
(b) The Russian fort at Vozvizhensk.
(c) Turkey.
(d) China.

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

11. What is Father Sergius's reason for wanting to be transferred out of the city?
(a) Desire for easy city ways.
(b) Desire for power.
(c) Desire for money.
(d) Lust for women.

12. What does Father Sergius do when he is aware of his lust for Makovkina?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Move to the country.
(c) Cut off his finger.
(d) Move to the city.

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

14. Where are Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty traveling to?
(a) The Semenov estate.
(b) Goryachkin.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Petersburg.

15. How does Nikita treat Mukhorty?
(a) As a family member.
(b) As a low criminal.
(c) As a beast of burden.
(d) As a pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nikita?

2. How does Stepan Kasatsky respond when Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?

3. What desire did Pozdnyshev's wife have, which doctors frustrated?

4. What makes Murad suspicious when he reaches his destination?

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

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