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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy feel he has won the morning after the party?
(a) His manhood.
(b) His place.
(c) His respect.
(d) His cap.

2. What does the little boy hope to feel the morning after the party?
(a) Hope.
(b) Relief.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Aged.

3. What does Katerina cry about selling?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her identity.
(d) Her home.

4. What is the boy told to do the morning after the party?
(a) Fight in a match.
(b) Cut down a tree.
(c) Ride a pony.
(d) Take a test.

5. What attribute does the narrator of 'Polzunkov' say will do a man well?
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Mobility.
(d) Intelligence.

6. Who inappropriately tries to court Katerina?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her godfather.
(d) Her stepfather.

7. How many months of deposit money did Ordynov give Schpies?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

8. Who was Shumkov's fiance attracted to?
(a) Shumkov's father.
(b) Shumkov's boss.
(c) Shumkov's friend.
(d) Shumkov's land lord.

9. What confuses Schpies about Ordynov?
(a) He does not care for his daughter.
(b) He has no direction in life.
(c) He pursues his engaged daughter.
(d) He does not come back after paying rent.

10. How old is the child in 'A Little Hero'?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 11.

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

12. How did Mr. Prohartchin's housemates feel about him when he died?
(a) Sincere.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Distant.
(d) Sympathetic.

13. What is the man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' doing?
(a) Walking.
(b) Writing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Pacing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Murin go about protecting Katerina?

3. Who does Katerina say has cursed her?

4. What does the Rag compare his timidity to?

5. What did Emelyanoushka admit to when he returned?

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