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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 did Emelyanoushka admit to when he returned?
(a) He was not who he said he was.
(b) He took something.
(c) He had never liked his friend.
(d) He was a brigand.

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

3. Who was Shumkov's fiance attracted to?
(a) Shumkov's friend.
(b) Shumkov's boss.
(c) Shumkov's land lord.
(d) Shumkov's father.

4. What talent does the Rag have?
(a) Acting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Telling stories.
(d) Writing.

5. Where is 'Polzunkov' set?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Finalnd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author say curbed the wonderful nature of Schpies's daughter?

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

3. What is Shumkov's first name?

4. What is the name of the Rag?

5. What was the talent of the new lodger in 'An Honest Thief'?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does 'Polzunkov' end?

3. Why did Murin marry Katerina?

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

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

6. Why did Ivan go to the theater in 'Another Man's Wife'?

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

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

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

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

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