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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Short Stories : Chapter 3, Polzunkov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Katerina have to care for the older man?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He has nobody else in the world.
(c) He is her lover.
(d) He pays her to.

2. Who does Katerina blame for her mother's death?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Herself.
(d) The older man.

3. Who did Mr. Prohartchin take advantage of in hiding so much money?
(a) His housemates.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) The bank.
(d) The landlady.

4. How did Katerina's mother describe her real father?
(a) All of these.
(b) A crook.
(c) A seducer.
(d) A criminal.

5. What kind of complex is Katerina put under?
(a) The Freudian Complex.
(b) The Oedipus Complex.
(c) The Electra Complex.
(d) The Synchoptic complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dostoyevsky from?

2. Why do Mr. Prohartchin's co-lodgers feel bitter towards him?

3. How does Murin describe Katerina?

4. Who is Katerina worried about at the beginning of the second part of 'The Landlady'?

5. What does the Rag say he has never done for money?

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