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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 did Mr. Prohartchin's housemates feel about him when he died?

2. How many months of deposit money did Ordynov give Schpies?

3. Why do Mr. Prohartchin's co-lodgers feel bitter towards him?

4. Who is Katerina worried about at the beginning of the second part of 'The Landlady'?

5. What does Shumkov say he did in spite of himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does 'Polzunkov' end?

6. Why did Murin marry Katerina?

7. What is the woman who Yulian wants interested most in?

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

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

10. What does Ivanitch find out about Pyotr's wife?

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

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in these stories. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in these plots?

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