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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 is Father Sergius's reason for wanting to be transferred out of the city?
(a) Lust for women.
(b) Desire for power.
(c) Desire for money.
(d) Desire for easy city ways.

2. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?
(a) By having affairs.
(b) By singing.
(c) By playing piano.
(d) By gossiping.

3. What are Stepan Kasatsky's motives for whatever he undertakes?
(a) To win recognition.
(b) To escape from reality.
(c) To undermine authority.
(d) To create a disturbance.

4. Why did Pozdnyshev's wife say she was depressed?
(a) She did not like the town they moved to.
(b) She did not love him.
(c) She could see he did not love her.
(d) She could not have children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Murad intend to do when he reaches his destination?

3. What was Pozdnyshev's justification for killing his wife?

4. Why does Murad want revenge on Shamil?

5. How does Tolstoy say Stepan Kasatsky feels about the Emperor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Father Sergius come to be sent to Siberia?

5. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

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

7. What finally halts the travelers?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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