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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?
(a) A woman who seduced his spiritual leader.
(b) A woman who seduces him.
(c) A woman who tempts him.
(d) A woman who refuses him.

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

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

4. What inspired the jealousy rage in Pozdnyshev?
(a) He read his wife's letters.
(b) One of Trukhachevsky's enemies told him about Trukhachevsky's affair with his wife.
(c) A business trip.
(d) Catching his wife and Trukhachevsky in the act.

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

6. When do the travelers finally decide to stop?
(a) When the sled breaks.
(b) When Mukhorty is injured.
(c) When they get stuck in a ravine.
(d) When they lose their way again.

7. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?
(a) By singing.
(b) By playing piano.
(c) By gossiping.
(d) By having affairs.

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

9. What is Mukhorty covered with when he stumbles in a ditch?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Ice.
(c) Snow.
(d) Hoar frost.

10. Who is Hadji Murad?
(a) A Turkish fighter.
(b) A Russian prince.
(c) A Chechen fighter.
(d) A Russian soldier.

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

12. Who was Countess Korotkova?
(a) Stepan Kasatsky's aunt.
(b) A general's wife.
(c) The emperor's concubine.
(d) Stepan Kasatsky's mother's friend.

13. What does Vasili decide to do when they have lost the road?
(a) Camp where they are.
(b) Backtrack.
(c) Continue through potato fields.
(d) Cast about in circles for the road.

14. How does Tolstoy describe Countess Korotkova?
(a) Self-sacrificing.
(b) Virtuous.
(c) Charming.
(d) Devout.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Pozdnyshev see his marriage after a few weeks?

4. Whose house do the travelers stop at?

5. Who suggested that Murad be sent to Siberia?

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