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

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

3. 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.

4. Who is Shamil?
(a) A Russian general.
(b) A Turkish soldier.
(c) The Chechen leader.
(d) A Chechen fighter.

5. Who does Pozdnyshev tell his story to?
(a) Passers-by.
(b) His seat-mate.
(c) A judge and jury.
(d) His cell-mate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the road take them after the travelers return to the road?

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

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

5. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

3. What happens the first time Nikita and Vasili get off the road?

4. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

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

6. Why does Murad want to fight Shamil?

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

8. How does Stepan acquire the name Father Sergius?

9. What happens to Vasili and Nikita after they set out from Grishkino?

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

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