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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. Where are Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty traveling to?

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

3. Who is Murad hoping to reach at his destination?

4. What inspired the jealousy rage in Pozdnyshev?

5. How does Marya Dmitrievna denounce Hadji Aga and his men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

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

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

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

7. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

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

9. What finally halts the travelers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do characters in three of Tolstoy's stories handle depression? What is it typically caused by, and what are the effective solutions to it?

Essay Topic 2

What is the state of civilization in the Russia of these stories? Are they modern, agricultural, primitive? What kinds of conflicts are taking place over the state of culture or progress? How do those conflicts reveal 'Russian culture'?

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of the child function in "Family Happiness"? Who acts like a child? How do actual children affect the characters?

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