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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 does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?
2. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?
3. What is the French name of the tailor?
4. What does the Bishop suggest that the three hermits have heard of when he is teaching them to pray?
5. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?
2. What reason do some people that know of Lukerya give for her illness?
3. Why do the three hermits walk on water and chase the ship?
4. What has Platon Nikolayevich apparently said about the stench in the graveyard that is perceived by the dead?
5. What does Lukerya say to Pyotr Petrovich about patience?
6. In "The Clothesmender", who stays at the hotel opposite the Governor-General's house and why?
7. What does Ivan Ivanovich think of the administrative news he hears the dead people talking about?
8. What does Klinevich call Mr. Tarasevich and what does he say about his debauchery?
9. How does Major Kovalyov try to obscure his missing nose when he goes into the coffee house and when he leaves?
10. What is Klinevich getting at with wanting to get rid of being ashamed while the corpses are conscious?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What longings torment Paka in "In Bondage" that cause him to want to leave the safety of his normal home life? How does his mother's attitude contribute to this?
Essay Topic 2
What is the social status of the benefactor Laputin in "The Clothesmender"? Why is he so concerned about his social status? How does he react when he is turned away from the Count's door? Why does this bother him so much?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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