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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 inspired the jealousy rage in Pozdnyshev?
(a) One of Trukhachevsky's enemies told him about Trukhachevsky's affair with his wife.
(b) He read his wife's letters.
(c) Catching his wife and Trukhachevsky in the act.
(d) A business trip.

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

3. Why does Murad want revenge on Shamil?
(a) Shamil pushed him out of power.
(b) Shamil stole from him.
(c) Shamil insulted him.
(d) Shamil killed his brother and father.

4. How does Pozdnyshev describe his marriage as he sees it in post-coital reflection?
(a) As two animals desperate to consume each other.
(b) As two egoists foreign to each other.
(c) As two terrified children trying to save each other.
(d) As to cold souls begrudging each other their pleasure.

5. How much money did Vasili borrow?
(a) 2,300 rubles.
(b) 1,500 rubles.
(c) 3,000 rubles.
(d) 300 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Nikita?

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

4. What did the Tsar suggest to do with Murad?

5. Who is Hadji Murad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the setting for "Kreutzer Sonata"?

5. What does Hadji Murad hope to find when he reaches Russia?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Murad want to fight Shamil?

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