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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the old man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' waiting for?
(a) A message.
(b) A payment.
(c) A woman.
(d) A car.

3. What does Murin make Ordynov do in order to protect Katerina from him?
(a) Rent a separate room.
(b) Move out.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Turn over his weapons.

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

5. Where has Mr. Prohartchin been hiding money?
(a) His sock drawer.
(b) A bank account.
(c) A safe.
(d) His mattress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dostoyevsky say ended the childhood of the boy?

2. What talent does the Rag have?

3. Who is Katerina with at the beginning of the second part of 'The Landlady'?

4. Who teases the boy in 'A Little Hero'?

5. What did Emelyanoushka admit to when he returned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the woman who Yulian wants interested most in?

2. What does the younger man in 'Another Man's Wife' confess to doing and why?

3. Why did Dostoyevsky vary the sentence length in his writing?

4. Why did the translator warn people against reading too many of Dostoyevsky's works in succession?

5. What kind of emotions are effectively described in 'A Little Hero'?

6. How does 'A Christmas Tree & A Wedding, White Nights' begin and end?

7. What is the older man doing in 'Another Man's Wife'?

8. What does Ivanitch find out about Pyotr's wife?

9. What did Ordynov realize about Katerina and the old man after his relationship with her had ended?

10. What happened to Katerina's house at the end of 'The Landlady'?

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