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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapters IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of land is "fallow"?
(a) Land that has been fertilized.
(b) Land that is well-irrigated.
(c) Land that is being allowed to rest in between crops.
(d) Land that has many small hills and valleys.

2. Whom does Pahom accuse of stripping his trees?
(a) Simon.
(b) The head of the commune.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) His brother-in-law.

3. What problem does the new steward create for the local peasants?
(a) He demands payment of the peasants' outstanding loans.
(b) He refuses to sell seed to those who do not own their own land.
(c) He does not supervise his cattle properly.
(d) He fines them when their animals trespass on his employer's land.

4. How do the Bashkirs react when Pahom asks for land?
(a) They seem sad.
(b) They seem amused.
(c) They seem angry.
(d) They seem puzzled.

5. In which situation might someone "grease your palm"?
(a) If you were judging a contest they were in.
(b) If you were trying to do something you had never done before.
(c) If you were getting ready to do manual labor.
(d) If you were asking to have them predict your future.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons is it implied that Pahom has?

2. What does Pahom's wife say may happen to a man in town?

3. What is surprising about the chief of the Bashkirs?

4. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?

5. How much land does the dealer tell Pahom he bought from the Bashkirs for 1,000 rubles?

(see the answer key)

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