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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Nanny Varka?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Thirteen.

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

3. What is playing below the window when Martin Martinych comes over to Masha's house while she is playing piano?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) An organ-grinder.
(c) A violin.
(d) A bassoon.

4. Where is Dolgushov injured?
(a) His head.
(b) His back.
(c) His legs.
(d) His belly.

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

6. In what month does "Yuletide Story" take place?
(a) September.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) November.

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

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

9. What is the god of the cave-like bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay?
(a) A chest of jewels.
(b) A cast-iron stove.
(c) A telephone.
(d) The bed.

10. What does Dolgushov give to the narrator?
(a) A love letter to his girlfriend.
(b) His mother's ring.
(c) Twenty rubles.
(d) His papers.

11. What does Dolgushov hand to the troop commander?
(a) His flints.
(b) His telephone.
(c) His eyeglasses.
(d) His regimental book.

12. What part of the body does the middle-aged citizen who comes to visit the doctor in "Yuletide Story" complain about?
(a) His head.
(b) His spleen.
(c) His heart.
(d) His liver.

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

14. What does Dolgushov do for a job?
(a) Telephonist.
(b) Cook.
(c) Livery man.
(d) Statistician.

15. Whom does Varka see as the enemy in her dream state?
(a) The mistress.
(b) The master.
(c) Death.
(d) The baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paka say his name would be if he were a common boy and not a prince?

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

3. What does the eldest boy call Paka?

4. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant slap his boots with while contemplating the woman's absence in the hotel room?

5. Who lives downstairs from Masha and Martin Martinych?

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