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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Stepan Kasatsky respond when Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?

3. Why was Sergius sent to Siberia?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

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

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

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

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

8. What finally halts the travelers?

9. Describe Pozdnyshev's relation with his children.

10. Describe Pozdnyshev's marriage.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Tolstoy's literary universe a chaotic one, as people say modern life is chaotic or random--or is it organized around some law or consistency? What law Tolstoy's fictional world organized around?

Essay Topic 2

Late in life, Tolstoy abjured private possessions and advocated communes. Does the Tolstoy of the stories value worldly possessions less than other kinds of things? Where are worldly possessions in Tolstoy's value scale? Analyze three stories and describe Tolstoy's views.

Essay Topic 3

To what extent are Tolstoy's stories allegories? How do characters and events in the stories map to values and ideas in the allegory? Explain the allegorical significance of two of Tolstoy's stories.

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