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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which novel did Beliayev translate?
(a) Candide.
(b) The Milkmaid of Montfermel.
(c) Les Miserables.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

2. According to Rakitin, which character is "simply an idiot"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Vera.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Bolshintsov.

3. Which female character takes snuff?
(a) Vera.
(b) Anna.
(c) Liza.
(d) Natalya.

4. According to Shpigelski, which character is "straight from the Golden Age of Innocence"?
(a) Bolshintsov.
(b) Vera.
(c) Matvey.
(d) Liza.

5. Who initially brings up the possibility of Vera getting married?
(a) Shpigelski.
(b) Katya.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Islayev.

6. Which name below is the name of one of the suitors in Shpigelski's story in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Perekuzov.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Karamazov.

7. How long has Beliayev lived in Natalya's household?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) Two months.
(d) Five months.

8. What time is dinnertime in Natalya's household?
(a) 4:20.
(b) 9:00.
(c) 7:00.
(d) 6:40.

9. For what does Kolya request some glue?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A stamp collection.
(c) A kite.
(d) A toy car.

10. According to Natalya, what is one of nature's primary characteristics?
(a) A threatening demeanor.
(b) Health.
(c) Fecundity.
(d) Unpredictability.

11. What friend has been writing to Vera, hoping that she'll write back?
(a) Anya Verenitsin.
(b) Zlata.
(c) Katya.
(d) Liza Moshnin.

12. Who is searching for a tutor in Moscow for Kolya?
(a) The czar.
(b) The princess.
(c) Schaaf.
(d) Liza.

13. From what book does Rakitin read aloud?
(a) The Three Musketeers.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) The Count of Monte Cristo.
(d) A Christmas Carol.

14. Whom does Natalya accuse of being "mysterious"?
(a) Islayev.
(b) Shpigelski.
(c) Rakitin.
(d) Beliayev.

15. To whom does Shpigelski prescribe "little white pills"?
(a) Kolya.
(b) Rakitin.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Islayev.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Shpigelski call grandmother?

2. Whom does Natalya call "that village Talleyrand"?

3. According to Shpigelski, what is the "main thing in marriage"?

4. With which character did Natalya want to talk in Act 2, Part 2?

5. In Act 3, Part 1, Natalya confesses that she is infatuated with which character?

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