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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Short Stories : Chapter 12, Gentle Spirit Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' say gave him the upper hand in the situation?
(a) Owning a shop.
(b) Lending her money.
(c) Learning about the girls' past.
(d) Saving her life.

2. What is the owner of the crocodile most worried about when a man is swallowed?
(a) Getting arrested.
(b) Causing harm to the swallowed man.
(c) Having to pay for the extraction.
(d) Causing harm to his pet.

3. How is 'The Peasant Marey' narrated?
(a) Second Person narration.
(b) Third person narration.
(c) First person narration.
(d) Omniscient narration.

4. What did the Rag say caused him psychological harm?
(a) Accepting money from a bribe taker.
(b) Seeing the ravages of war.
(c) Growing up alone.
(d) Watching his father killed.

5. What did Dostoyevsky say made mood changes more dramatic in 'An Unpleasant Predicament'?
(a) Alchohol.
(b) Competition.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month does 'The Crocodile & Bobok' begin?

2. What is tolerated on holidays in 'The Peasant Marey'?

3. How old was Stepan?

4. Who shows a high favor to Mr. Prohartchin?

5. Why does the first man get attacked by the crocodile?

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