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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the prescription cost that the doctor issues to the middle-aged citizen in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) Seventy kopeks.
(b) A head cheese.
(c) Forty kopeks.
(d) Two rubles.

2. What does Varka think the hardest thing is to do when she is standing in front of the kitchen table?
(a) Mend bandages.
(b) Peel potatoes.
(c) Listen to the baby cry.
(d) Chop onions.

3. What are nurses doing as they lie in the grass in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
(a) Reading.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) Singing.

4. In "Sunstroke," what river is the steamer traversing when the lieutenant meets the woman he has an attraction to?
(a) The Volga.
(b) The Neva.
(c) The Svir.
(d) The Danube.

5. What does the doctor forget at the middle-aged citizen's apartment?
(a) His hat.
(b) His umbrella.
(c) His tool bag.
(d) His overshoes.

6. 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.

7. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what city has the enemy been beaten out of in a counterattack?
(a) Minsk.
(b) Brody.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Tossel.

8. What does Grishchuk have with him all the time?
(a) A camera.
(b) A broken fly swatter.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A cart.

9. What is the specialty of the doctor in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) Internal and children's diseases.
(b) Veterinary medicine.
(c) Head and spinal injuries.
(d) Chiropractic.

10. In "In Bondage," what does Antoshka say the peasants do to each other when they get mad?
(a) Poison each other.
(b) Fight each other with swords.
(c) Curse each other.
(d) Ostracize each other.

11. Who is charged with watching over Paka?
(a) Two muses.
(b) A handyman.
(c) A shepherd from the village.
(d) Two Arguses.

12. Who lives downstairs from Masha and Martin Martinych?
(a) The Oserovnayevs.
(b) The Vasilyevs.
(c) The Vashenkos.
(d) The Obertyshevs.

13. On which day do Martin Martinych and Masha board up the study?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Intercession Day.
(c) Unity Day.
(d) Halloween.

14. What is the unshaven porter wearing when the couple disembarks the boat in "Sunstroke"?
(a) Sunglasses.
(b) Shabby black shoes.
(c) A pink shirt.
(d) Epaulets.

15. What does Martin Martinych hide from Masha that is in his desk drawer?
(a) A blue phial.
(b) A flask of whiskey.
(c) A letter opener.
(d) A match.

Short Answer Questions

1. What perhaps causes the icy roar of the wind in "The Cave"?

2. What is the god of the cave-like bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay?

3. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?

4. What does Dolgushov do for a job?

5. What does the aunt of the middle-aged citizen want from the doctor?

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