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

2. What were Pozdnyshev and his wife like in private together?
(a) Resentful.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Warmly affectionate.
(d) Tongue-tied.

3. What is Stepan Kasatsky's relation with the court of Emperor Nicholas I?
(a) Stepan Kasatsky's mother was daughter of a high-ranking officer.
(b) Stepan Kasatsky's father was an outstanding military officer.
(c) Stepan Kasatsky's family was promoted to the nobility by Emperor Nicholas I.
(d) Stepan Kasatsky married an admiral's daughter.

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

5. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?
(a) Attack Shamil's stronghold and eliminate him.
(b) Repatriate in Russia.
(c) Make money and get famous.
(d) Establish Russian rule over Chechnya.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Pozdnyshev describe his marriage as he sees it in post-coital reflection?

3. Who is Shamil?

4. Who is Hadji Murad?

5. How does Nikita treat Mukhorty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Pozdnyshev's relation with his children.

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

5. What finally halts the travelers?

6. What is the event that precipitates Pozdnyshev's murder of his wife?

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

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

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

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

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