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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 the Rag say is his deepest desire?
(a) To get married.
(b) To feel stable.
(c) To have children.
(d) All of these.

2. Who translated these stories into English?
(a) Coleen Garrison.
(b) Credence Gray.
(c) Constance Garnett.
(d) Connie Green.

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

4. What kind of lodgers did the landlady like to house?
(a) Older men.
(b) Married couples.
(c) Young students.
(d) Gentlemen.

5. How does the old man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' look?
(a) Confused.
(b) Distraught.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ordynov tell Yaroslav that he moved?

2. How did Katerina's mother tell Katerina that her father had died?

3. What was the Rag known to do on a regular basis?

4. Why did Emelyanoushka return after going missing?

5. What is the man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Osip say he is dependent on?

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

3. Why did Murin marry Katerina?

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

5. How had Yaroslav changed when Ordynov saw him at the end of 'The Landlady'?

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

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

8. How did Dostoyevsky end 'A Little Hero'?

9. What is evident about Ivanitch through his letters?

10. How does 'Polzunkov' end?

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