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

2. What does Father Sergius do when he is aware of his lust for Makovkina?
(a) Move to the city.
(b) Cut off his finger.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Move to the country.

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

4. Who tries to convince the travelers to rest?
(a) As fellow traveler.
(b) A landowner.
(c) Nikita's wife.
(d) An innkeeper.

5. What town do the Russians ultimately destroy?
(a) Shamil's stronghold.
(b) Murad's hometown.
(c) Shamil's hometown.
(d) All the Chechen border towns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Sergius sent to Siberia?

3. How does Nikita treat Mukhorty?

4. How long after their wedding was Pozdnyshev's wife depressed?

5. What were Pozdnyshev and his wife like in private together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Stepan Kasatsky' personality.

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

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

5. Describe Pozdnyshev's marriage.

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

7. What finally halts the travelers?

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

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

10. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

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