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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. From where has the woman in "Sunstroke" boarded the steamer?
(a) Kizhi.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Myshkin.
(d) Anapa.

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

3. When Paka asked why the boys are armed as they are, who do they say they are?
(a) Huns.
(b) Hittites.
(c) Ninjas.
(d) Redskins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?

2. What part of the body does the middle-aged citizen who comes to visit the doctor in "Yuletide Story" complain about?

3. How does the aunt put out the candles in "Yuletide Story"?

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

5. What does the eldest boy call Paka?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

10. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?

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