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

2. What does a man who is called a Rag do?
(a) Shine boots.
(b) Beg on the street.
(c) Clean chimneys.
(d) Anything for other men.

3. What does the Rag say he is the suckling babe of?
(a) Alchohol.
(b) His dreams.
(c) Mother Russia.
(d) Societal standards.

4. What was the Rag known to do on a regular basis?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Sleep with women.
(c) Get arrested.
(d) Borrow money.

5. How does Ordynov get Katerina to pay attention to him?
(a) He lies about being lost.
(b) He pays to board at her house.
(c) He sends her flowers.
(d) He falls ill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Shumkov's first name?

3. When did Katerina fall in love with Ordynov?

4. Who is with Mr. Prohartchin when he dies?

5. What is pub short for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dostoyevsky say babies are born knowing to cry?

2. What does Murin have Ordynov do when he tells him about his marriage to Katerina?

3. Why did Murin marry Katerina?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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