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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why was Sergius sent to Siberia?
(a) He was arrested for treason.
(b) He was arrested for vagrancy.
(c) He followed a woman there.
(d) He asked to be sent.

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

11. 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 power.
(d) Desire for money.

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

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

14. How does Marya Dmitrievna denounce Hadji Aga and his men?
(a) As traitors.
(b) As cutthroats.
(c) As thieves.
(d) As swine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it urgent for Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty to reach their destination in the snow storm?

2. What does Vasili decide to do when they have lost the road?

3. Who is Mukhorty?

4. What does Pozdnyshev say he was determined to do throughout his marriage?

5. Who is Vasili Andreevich?

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