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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 makes Murad suspicious when he reaches his destination?
(a) Armed men.
(b) A cold reception.
(c) Some of Shamil's men.
(d) A large reception.

2. How did Murad die?
(a) He was shot in an ambush.
(b) He was killed in battle.
(c) He was assassinated by Shamil's men.
(d) He was betrayed by his own men.

3. How does Stepan Kasatsky respond when Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?
(a) He confronts the other man.
(b) He breaks off the engagement.
(c) He kills her.
(d) He vows to love her eternally.

4. How does Marya Dmitrievna denounce Hadji Aga and his men?
(a) As swine.
(b) As traitors.
(c) As thieves.
(d) As cutthroats.

5. What was Pozdnyshev's justification for killing his wife?
(a) He caught her cheating on him.
(b) Desire for her money.
(c) A jealous rage.
(d) She was ill and suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pozdnyshev see his marriage after a few weeks?

2. Who nearly captures Murad and his men?

3. What does Tolstoy say Pozdnyshev is oblivious to in his marriage?

4. What does Father Sergius do when he is aware of his lust for Makovkina?

5. Who found Nikita after the snow storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Pozdnyshev's relation with his children.

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

6. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

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

8. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

9. What finally halts the travelers?

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

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