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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant slap his boots with while contemplating the woman's absence in the hotel room?
(a) A night stick.
(b) A carriage whip.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A swagger-stick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wife of Martin Martinych's downstairs neighbor hide under a napkin when he comes into their room?

2. How old is Nanny Varka?

3. What is the name of Varka's late father?

4. Where do the narrator of "The Death of Dolgushov" and Grishchuk get fired upon near the town by enemy scouts?

5. In "Yuletide Story", who clears up the story of the middle-aged man for the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what does a wounded delegate say when Vytyagaichenko is leaving him and the other wounded and how does Vytyagaichenko respond?

2. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

3. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?

4. What do the three brothers do during the summer months in "In Bondage"?

5. What happens to Varka's father in the hospital and why?

6. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?

7. How do the peasant women treat the lieutenant at the market in "Sunstroke"?

8. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?

9. How does Zamyatin describe the bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay in "The Cave"?

10. What does the doctor say that Varka's father should do in the dream she has while holding the baby?

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