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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What significance does Pashenka have to Sergius after Sergius leaves the monastery?
(a) He wants to set things right with her.
(b) He wants to devote himself to her.
(c) She seems like a means to salvation for him.
(d) He wants to punish her for leading him astray.

4. Who is Murad hoping to reach at his destination?
(a) Marya Dmitrievna.
(b) Shamil's general.
(c) Emperor Nicholas I.
(d) Prince Vorontsov.

5. Who is Vasili Andreevich?
(a) A wealthy innkeeper.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Murad want revenge on Shamil?

2. Why did Pozdnyshev's wife say she was depressed?

3. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?

4. Who tries to convince the travelers to rest?

5. How does Pozdnyshev describe his and his wife's courtship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What finally halts the travelers?

2. Why does Father Sergius ask to be reassigned to a hermitage?

3. What is the setting for "Kreutzer Sonata"?

4. How does Stepan acquire the name Father Sergius?

5. What is the event that precipitates Pozdnyshev's murder of his wife?

6. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

7. What causes Vasili Andreevich to set off for Goryachkin?

8. What does Pozdnyshev realize as soon as he kills his wife?

9. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

10. What does Murad ask Prince Vorontsov for after he surrenders?

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