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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 finds the money Mr. Prohartchin has been hiding?
(a) His housemates.
(b) The landlady.
(c) His nephew.
(d) A servant.

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

3. How does Katerina say she feels about the older man?
(a) She adores and loves him.
(b) She endures and appeases him.
(c) She likes and advises him.
(d) She respects and fears him.

4. What did Dostoyevsky say made all the difference for people who needed attention like Mr. Prohartchin?
(a) When people respond appropriately.
(b) When they express their needs.
(c) When they are ignored.
(d) When they earn that which they seek.

5. To whom does Mr. Prohartchin send money on a regular basis?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His sister-in-law.
(c) His step-son.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the little boy in 'A Little Hero' fall asleep the night after the party?

2. How does the boy in 'A Little Hero' feel when he is made the rival to a young pretty girl?

3. How long has Mr. Prohartchin lived in his lodging?

4. What attribute is Katerina trying to exhibit at the beginning of the second part of 'The Landlady'?

5. Where was Dostoyevsky from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ordynov change after his relationship with Katerina had ended?

2. What happened when Ivan went into the room of a strange woman?

3. Who was Ivanitch searching for in 'A Novel in Nine Letters'?

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

5. Why did Osip play an April Fool's joke, and what was the cause of it?

6. What is evident about Ivanitch through his letters?

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

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

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

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

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