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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For one hour, what is in the cave as a result of the "god"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

2. What is the name of the middle-aged citizen, according to his aunt who comes to the doctor the day after his visit?
(a) Pyotr Petrovich.
(b) Aleksei Sardentov.
(c) Paka Karpov.
(d) Vasily Ledentsov.

3. What does the wife of Martin Martinych's downstairs neighbor hide under a napkin when he comes into their room?
(a) A bowl.
(b) A coin.
(c) A spoon.
(d) A coal.

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

5. What does Paka consider himself to be?
(a) A knight.
(b) A prince.
(c) A dog.
(d) A frog.

6. When the couple in "Sunstroke" wakes up in the morning, what does the lieutenant smell in the air?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Baking bread.
(c) A perfume factory.
(d) Hay and tar.

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

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

9. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?
(a) Georgi.
(b) Constantine.
(c) Sergei.
(d) Afanasy.

10. In "The Death of Dolgushov", who has reached the woods and posted their machine guns nearby?
(a) The Croatians.
(b) The Serbs.
(c) The Poles.
(d) The Czechs.

11. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant hear in the cathedral?
(a) Ominous chanting.
(b) Bells tolling.
(c) A sermon.
(d) Loud singing.

12. What sort of steamer does the woman take when she leaves the lieutenant in "Sunstroke"?
(a) A stern-wheeler steamer.
(b) A paddle steamer.
(c) A Samolyot steamer.
(d) A Samovar steamer.

13. In "Yuletide Story", who clears up the story of the middle-aged man for the doctor?
(a) The constable.
(b) The aunt.
(c) The militia.
(d) The grocer.

14. In front of the Icon in "Sleepy", what color light is burning?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "In Bondage", where does Paka wish to play?

3. What is the specialty of the doctor in "Yuletide Story"?

4. In "The Death of Dolgushov", who is the disgraced commander of the Fourth Division?

5. Which composer's Opus 74 lies on Martin's desk?

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