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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Short Stories : Chapter 9, A Gentle Spirit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' have to lure the girl to do?
(a) Come around more often.
(b) Take lower prices.
(c) Have conversation.
(d) Call him by his first name.

2. What does the Rag say he is the suckling babe of?
(a) Mother Russia.
(b) Societal standards.
(c) Alchohol.
(d) His dreams.

3. Who does the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' bribe for information about the girl?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her priest.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A servant.

4. What is the child in 'A Little Hero' experiencing at the beginning of the story?
(a) School.
(b) Puberty.
(c) Fear.
(d) War.

5. How does the boy express his affections to an older woman?
(a) He writes a letter.
(b) He tells her in person.
(c) He sings a song.
(d) He has her daughter tell her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dostoyevsky say ended the childhood of the boy?

2. How does the little boy in 'A Little Hero' fall asleep the night after the party?

3. How does the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' describe the girl's soul?

4. What does a man who is called a Rag do?

5. What does the main character of 'A Gentle Spirit' buy from the girl that no one else would have?

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