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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 teases the boy in 'A Little Hero'?
(a) Older boys.
(b) Older women.
(c) All of these.
(d) Older men.

2. What does the Rag compare his timidity to?
(a) A turtle's.
(b) A bird's.
(c) A bunny's.
(d) A kitten's.

3. Who does Katerina say has cursed her?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) The older man.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. How long was 'Polzunkov'?
(a) 10 pages.
(b) 30 pages.
(c) 20 pages.
(d) 40 pages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katerina cry about selling?

2. Where is Schpies from?

3. What did the author talk about when mentioning Mr. Prohartchin's need for attention?

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

5. Why does Katerina have to care for the older man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the old man get Katerina to stay with him?

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

3. What does Osip say he is dependent on?

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

5. Who did Dostoyevsky say he was sending a message to with 'A Little Hero', and why?

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

7. What happens when Ordynov falls ill while walking on the street?

8. How does 'Polzunkov' end?

9. Why does Katerina tell Ordynov that she has such bad luck?

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

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