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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 does Katerina cry about selling?

2. What did Emelyanoushka admit to when he returned?

3. What was the Rag known to do on a regular basis?

4. Why did Ordynov tell Yaroslav that he moved?

5. How does Ordynov get Katerina to pay attention to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Osip once do for an April Fool's joke?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the angels who helped the boy who froze to death, and how did the dying boy feel about them?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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