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

2. What talent did the narrator say the girl in 'A Gentle Spirit' had?
(a) Forseeing.
(b) Obeying.
(c) Listening.
(d) Manipulation.

3. What is biologically strange about the crocodile?
(a) It is cold inside.
(b) It has a live man inside.
(c) It does not have teeth.
(d) It is empty inside.

4. What does Murin threaten Ordynov with?
(a) A rifle.
(b) Poison.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A revolver.

5. What does the girl's husband do with her a few times a year?
(a) Visits her parents' graves.
(b) Goes to a museum.
(c) Visits her aunts.
(d) Takes her to the theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attribute does the narrator of 'Polzunkov' say will do a man well?

2. Where was Dostoyevsky from?

3. Why was the man with the crocodile so proud of it?

4. What does the main character in 'A Gentle Spirit' have to lure the girl to do?

5. What did the man of the house in 'An Honest Thief' say the woman helped him with by doing something without his permission?

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