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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. What is the name of the Rag?

2. Who is Katerina with at the beginning of the second part of 'The Landlady'?

3. To whom does Mr. Prohartchin send money on a regular basis?

4. Where is Schpies from?

5. How long was 'Polzunkov'?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ordynov change after his relationship with Katerina had ended?

3. What is evident about Ivanitch through his letters?

4. What does Murin have Ordynov do when he tells him about his marriage to Katerina?

5. How does 'A Christmas Tree & A Wedding, White Nights' begin and end?

6. How does 'Polzunkov' end?

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

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

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

10. Why did Murin marry Katerina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the dream of the Ridiculous man, and how did it change him for both good and bad?

Essay Topic 2

Honor was something that many of the main people were striving for in these stories. Who was most affected by this pursuit, and how did it change the course of the plot they were involved in?

Essay Topic 3

Power and Greed were two common themes in these stories. Where did they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

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