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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Murin describe Katerina?

2. What does Katerina cry about selling?

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

4. What did Ordynov do passionately before he met Katerina?

5. Where was Dostoyevsky from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is evident about Ivanitch through his letters?

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

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

7. Who did Dostoyevsky say he was sending a message to with 'A Little Hero', and why?

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

9. What happens when the boy rides a pony?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the stories, and what causes these changes?

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