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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money did Vasili borrow?
(a) 2,300 rubles.
(b) 300 rubles.
(c) 3,000 rubles.
(d) 1,500 rubles.

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

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

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

6. How does Pozdnyshev describe his marriage as he sees it in post-coital reflection?
(a) As to cold souls begrudging each other their pleasure.
(b) As two egoists foreign to each other.
(c) As two terrified children trying to save each other.
(d) As two animals desperate to consume each other.

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

8. What power does Father Sergius discover he has?
(a) Arguing law cases.
(b) Investing.
(c) Healing.
(d) Prophesying.

9. Where does Stepan Kasatsky go after Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?
(a) To Moscow.
(b) To a monastery.
(c) To Petersburg.
(d) To the country.

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

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

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

13. What is it called when Vasili dies protecting Nikita?
(a) Irony.
(b) Justice.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Foreshadowing.

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

15. What did the Tsar suggest to do with Murad?
(a) Use him to train anti-Chechen fighters.
(b) Use him on the Western front.
(c) Use him against the Chechens.
(d) Send him to Siberia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Sergius do when he is aware of his lust for Makovkina?

2. Who nearly captures Murad and his men?

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

4. Whose house do the travelers stop at?

5. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?

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