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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 refuses him.
(b) A woman who tempts him.
(c) A woman who seduced his spiritual leader.
(d) A woman who seduces him.

2. How does Pozdnyshev describe his and his wife's courtship?
(a) Brief.
(b) On-again-off-again.
(c) Lengthy.
(d) Convoluted.

3. How long after their wedding was Pozdnyshev's wife depressed?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three days.

4. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?
(a) That he would kill her if he ever found out she betrayed him.
(b) That his love for her scared him.
(c) That he was terribly devoted.
(d) That she made him a better person.

5. When do the travelers finally decide to stop?
(a) When they lose their way again.
(b) When the sled breaks.
(c) When Mukhorty is injured.
(d) When they get stuck in a ravine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Shamil ordered Murad's family to be arrested?

2. What significance does Pashenka have to Sergius after Sergius leaves the monastery?

3. How much money did Vasili borrow?

4. What role does Pozdnyshev's wife balk at?

5. How does Marya Dmitrievna denounce Hadji Aga and his men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect does Trukhachevsky's arrival have on Pozdnyshev's marriage?

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

4. Describe Pozdnyshev's relation with his children.

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

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

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

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

9. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

10. Describe Stepan Kasatsky' personality.

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