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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. The story opens with two sisters. What does the older sister's husband do for a living?
2. When Pahom feels "aggrieved," what is he feeling?
3. What is Pahom's reaction to the trouble with the steward?
4. Which character says that "Loss and gain are brothers twain"?
5. What is a steward?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter I, what is ironic about the conversation between the two sisters?
2. What sacrifices do Pahom and his family make for the first plot of land that they buy?
3. What changes the relationship between the woman who owns land near the village and the peasants, and how does the relationship change?
4. Pahom is most angry at the neighbor who has cut down his trees because whoever it was did not just take one or two trees but instead cut down a whole clump of trees. Why does this make Pahom angry, and what is ironic about his anger?
5. In Chapter I, what is ironic about where Pahom is while he listens to his wife and her sister talk?
6. How does Pahom's relationship with his community change, and what are two specific pieces of evidence for this change?
7. In what two ways is Pahom's first decision to buy land different from his later decisions?
8. When the devil overhears Pahom's thoughts, what does he vow to do?
9. What prevents the peasants from buying the nearby landowner's land as a group instead of as individuals?
10. What sequence of events with Simon follows Pahom's discovery of the stripped trees?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Pahom's fate related to his class and circumstances? How is it related to his individual character? Write an essay that take a position on what factor is most responsible for his fate, and why.
Essay Topic 2
After Pahom is fined for his animals' trespass on his neighbor's land, the reader is told that "Pahom paid, but grumbled, and, going home in a temper, was rough with his family." What does this sentence imply? Why would Tolstoy choose to include this detail? What significance does it have for the overall story?
Essay Topic 3
When Pahom decides to take his neighbors to court, he thinks "I cannot go on overlooking it, or they will destroy all I have." Pahom likely means this sincerely; what undermines this statement for the reader, however? Write an essay in which you both explain at least two ways in which this statement proves to be ironic.
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