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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the lieutenant drink when he gets back to the hotel in "Sunstroke"?
(a) Seltzer water.
(b) Rum punch.
(c) Wine.
(d) Vodka.

4. How does the aunt put out the candles in "Yuletide Story"?
(a) By blowing them out.
(b) By turning them upside down and smashing the wicks.
(c) With a snuffer.
(d) With her fingers.

5. What is the name of the house-chairman who comes over to Martin Martinych's place at dusk?
(a) Sakharov.
(b) Zoliesky.
(c) Zeremensky.
(d) Selikhov.

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

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

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

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

10. What does the house-chairman in "The Cave" jokingly say he prefers when asked if he would like some tea?
(a) Irish cream.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bordeaux.

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

12. What does Dolgushov say to use on him when the narrator finds him?
(a) A cartridge.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) A knife.
(d) Morphine.

13. Where does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" go first to assuage his loneliness for the woman?
(a) The market.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Home.
(d) The ballet.

14. What is the name of Varka's late father?
(a) Efim Stepanych.
(b) Vasily Konych.
(c) Anton Strapovich.
(d) Fyodor Laputin.

15. Which composer's Opus 74 lies on Martin's desk?
(a) Scriabin.
(b) Shostakovich.
(c) Rimsky-Korsakov.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the couple in "Sunstroke" wakes up in the morning, what does the lieutenant smell in the air?

2. Whom does Varka see as the enemy in her dream state?

3. On which day do Martin Martinych and Masha board up the study?

4. Which demon does the narrator of "In Bondage" say is a very petty demon, but one of the most dangerous?

5. In "In Bondage," what does Antoshka say the peasants do to each other when they get mad?

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