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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Ivan Ivanovich if he will ever be sober in "Bobok"?
(a) Evgeni Fomavich.
(b) Georgi Pavlov.
(c) Maksim Markov.
(d) Semyon Ardalyonovich.

2. With what does Ivan Ivanovich begin his thinking appropriate thoughts while sitting on the tombstone?
(a) The Moscow Exhibition.
(b) His priest.
(c) Cleaning his mother's house.
(d) Saving money.

3. How are the three hermits described?
(a) As heathens.
(b) As great singers.
(c) As warlocks.
(d) As godly men.

4. What is the stationmaster's name?
(a) Sasha Petrovich.
(b) Nikolai Rensky.
(c) Kolya Ivanovich.
(d) Samson Vyrin.

5. Who tells the merchant the story of the three hermits?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A mercenary.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A missionary.

6. Who must be asked before the Bishop can visit the three hermits?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) The General.
(c) The Cardinal.
(d) The Captain.

7. Who wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter?
(a) Mrs. Petrovna.
(b) Mrs. Osipovna.
(c) Mrs. Podtochina.
(d) Mrs. Ivanovna.

8. What does Lukerya keep hearing on the day of her death in "The Living Relic"?
(a) A chorus of angels.
(b) Church bells.
(c) A lark.
(d) Swarms of bees.

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

10. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) The Crucifixion.
(b) The old man and the sea.
(c) The fall of Zeus.
(d) The prodigal son.

11. What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

12. What grade is the stationmaster?
(a) Second.
(b) Twentieth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Fourteenth.

13. What is the name of the stationmaster's daughter?
(a) Anya.
(b) Svetlana.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Dunya.

14. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?
(a) A shaker.
(b) A rickshaw.
(c) A troika.
(d) A chariot.

15. Why does Ivan Ivanovich surmise that coffins become so heavy?
(a) Inertia of the body.
(b) The satin lining.
(c) The amount of sentimental items.
(d) The type of wood used.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?

2. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?

3. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?

4. What are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?

5. What does the lady passing by a year prior to the story, "A Living Relic" give to Lukerya?

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