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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Three Hermits by Leo Tolstoy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?
(a) A plashet.
(b) An apiary.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) An amshanik.

2. What are the three hermits doing when the Bishop spies them through a spyglass?
(a) Eating a fish.
(b) Holding hands.
(c) Gathering water.
(d) Building a fire.

3. Why does the second hermit have trouble reciting what the Bishop teaches him?
(a) Because he won't listen.
(b) Because he doesn't speak the same language.
(c) Because his whiskers are overgrown.
(d) Because he is deaf.

4. What does Major Kovalyov give the police officer as he is leaving?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) Snuff.
(c) Some bread.
(d) A red bank note.

5. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The sexton.
(b) The friar.
(c) The nun.
(d) The candle maker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?

2. Whom does Lukerya's betrothed eventually marry?

3. What do the three hermits live in?

4. Who tells the merchant the story of the three hermits?

5. Who must be asked before the Bishop can visit the three hermits?

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