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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Short Stories : Chapter 10, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does NOT happen on holidays in 'The Peasant Marey'?
(a) Work.
(b) Visits.
(c) Religious services.
(d) Eating.

2. What did the man of the house in 'An Honest Thief' say the woman helped him with by doing something without his permission?
(a) His rank in society.
(b) His confusion.
(c) His loneliness.
(d) His financial situation.

3. What does Shumkov say he did in spite of himself?
(a) Got old.
(b) Fell in love.
(c) Entered the military.
(d) Got married.

4. What kind of narrative is used in 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'?
(a) Omniscient narrative.
(b) First person narrative.
(c) Second person narrative.
(d) Third person narrative.

5. Who is Katerina with at the beginning of the second part of 'The Landlady'?
(a) Her boarder.
(b) The older man.
(c) The young man.
(d) Her uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main character's book about in 'The Peasant Marey'?

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

3. What was yelled that scared the main character in 'The Peasant Marey' when he was young?

4. What confuses Schpies about Ordynov?

5. How does the old man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' look?

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