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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?
2. In "The Stationmaster," what is the traveler wearing who appears at the station three years before the narrator's second visit?
3. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.
4. What do editors say that Ivan Ivanovich's stories lack when he brings them to their offices?
5. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?
2. In "The Stationmaster", what is the narrator's main concern when he arrives at station X?
3. What does Ivan Ivanovich think of the administrative news he hears the dead people talking about?
4. What is Ivan Ivanovich's impression of the voices coming from the graves when he first hears them?
5. How is the stationmaster treated by most travelers?
6. How does Dunya's father react to the hussar's asking if he can take her to church?
7. What happens as the Bishop returns to the ship in "The Three Hermits"?
8. What are the two trials the tailor experiences that lead him to his eventual good fortune in "The Clothesmender"?
9. What does the doctor say about Major Kovalyov's missing nose?
10. How does Pyotr Petrovich interpret Lukerya's face when he encounters her in the bee hut?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why doesn't the narrator kill Dolgushov in "The Death of Dolgushov"? What does he do instead? What condition is Dolgushov in? Why does he seek death?
Essay Topic 2
In "Bobok", how does the homespun philosopher, Platon Nikolayevich, explain why the people in the graveyard are still conscious after they die? What qualifies him to speak on the subject? What does he say of the death of the body?
Essay Topic 3
How does Bunin describe the woman in "Sunstroke"? What does she look like? What is her nature like? How do these things captivate the lieutenant?
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