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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. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?
(a) Vasili's servants.
(b) Passers-by.
(c) Townspeople.
(d) People from the Semenov estate.

2. What does Murad hope for, from the person he is trying to reach?
(a) Money.
(b) A large force.
(c) Amnesty.
(d) Safe passage.

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

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

5. Why is it urgent for Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty to reach their destination in the snow storm?
(a) Vasili's mother is ill.
(b) Vasili wants to make a bid on some land there.
(c) Nikita's mother is ill.
(d) Mukhorty needs medical attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?

2. Who is Murad hoping to reach at his destination?

3. How much money did Vasili borrow?

4. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?

5. Who is Vasili Andreevich?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Murad want to fight Shamil?

2. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

3. What are some possible morals for "Master and Man"?

4. What did the Tsar decide with regard to Murad?

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

6. What does Tolstoy mean by ending the story with Marya Dmitrievna screaming 'you are all cutthroats'?

7. Describe Pozdnyshev's relation with his children.

8. Describe Stepan Kasatsky's relationship with Countess Korotkova.

9. What gift did Father Sergius discover he had, and what did it do for him?

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

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