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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 is the child in 'A Little Hero' experiencing at the beginning of the story?
(a) Puberty.
(b) School.
(c) War.
(d) Fear.

2. How many months of deposit money did Ordynov give Schpies?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

3. What is Shumkov's first name?
(a) Vasya.
(b) Vincent.
(c) Vaslin.
(d) Victor.

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

5. How does the boy in 'A Little Hero' feel when he is made the rival to a young pretty girl?
(a) Flattered.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Embarrassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated these stories into English?

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

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

4. How long was 'Polzunkov'?

5. What started the discussion about Emelyanoushka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the boy rides a pony?

2. Why is the woman Yulian is interested in not attainable at the time?

3. Why does Katerina sho so much restraint while with Ordynov at the beginning of the second part of 'The Land Lady'?

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

5. What is evident about Ivanitch through his letters?

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

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

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

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

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

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