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

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

3. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?
(a) His desk.
(b) His gloves.
(c) His overshoes.
(d) His hat.

4. According to Paka, the wicked fairy got cross with his mother because she hadn't invited her to what?
(a) Go to the circus.
(b) His birthday party.
(c) Christmas.
(d) His christening.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?

3. How is the woman who comes to the doctor's office in "Yuletide Story" described?

4. In what month does "Yuletide Story" take place?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the narrator and Grishchuk as evening falls in "The Death of Dolgushov"?

4. What does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" do when he goes back to the hotel room alone?

5. What is Masha's condition in "The Cave"?

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

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

8. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

9. In "Yuletide Story", what does the doctor think of patients in general?

10. How are the conditions at the Obertyshevs' place?

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