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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 fabric the woman on the steamer's dress made of in "Sunstroke"?
(a) Gingham.
(b) Poplin.
(c) Lace.
(d) Linen.

2. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?
(a) The Lady of Avalon.
(b) Joan of Arc.
(c) Catherine the Great.
(d) Lady Godiva.

3. Who in the church suggests a place for the narrator to live in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) The psalmodist.
(b) The organist.
(c) The bishop.
(d) The cleaning person.

4. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?
(a) The Sons of Hagar.
(b) The Canaanites.
(c) The Followers of Simon.
(d) The Hittites.

5. Where does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" go first to assuage his loneliness for the woman?
(a) The market.
(b) Home.
(c) The ballet.
(d) Petersburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tailor handed when he walks into Room One after being summoned there by the occupant?

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

3. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?

4. What is the real last name of the occupant of Room One in "The Clothesmender"?

5. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

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