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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunstroke by Ivan Bunin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tailor handed when he walks into Room One after being summoned there by the occupant?
(a) The key to the room.
(b) The garment he mended.
(c) A glass of wine.
(d) A pot of money.

2. Who goes hunting with Pyotr Petrovich in "A Living Relic"?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Aleksander.
(d) Ermolay.

3. What is the name of the priest who comes to see Lukerya?
(a) Father Leonid.
(b) Father Dmitri.
(c) Father Aleksey.
(d) Father Fyodor.

4. What are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?
(a) Black grouse.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Ptarmigan.
(d) Game hens.

5. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) A krasnya kniga.
(b) An armyak and a poddyovka.
(c) Two clergy robes.
(d) A wedding dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the occupant of Room One from the beginning of "The Clothesmender" do when the tailor tries to comfort him at the end of the story?

2. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant slap his boots with while contemplating the woman's absence in the hotel room?

3. When the couple in "Sunstroke" wakes up in the morning, what does the lieutenant smell in the air?

4. What does the tailor call his wife in "The Clothesmender"?

5. In "Sunstroke", how old is the woman's child?

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