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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 author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?

2. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?

3. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?

4. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?

5. What jewelry is often given to the stationmaster's daughter by ladies who pass through the station?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dunya's father react to the hussar's asking if he can take her to church?

2. How does Praskovya Osipovna react when Ivan Yakovlevich finds a nose in his loaf of bread?

3. When does Lukerya die and what does she say about the sounds she hears?

4. How does Major Kovalyov try to obscure his missing nose when he goes into the coffee house and when he leaves?

5. According to the Bishop in "The Three Hermits", how does God reveal himself to men?

6. What is Klinevich getting at with wanting to get rid of being ashamed while the corpses are conscious?

7. What does Pyotr Petrovich say about hunting in the rain?

8. After discouragement from the newspaper and the district police inspector, how does Major Kovalyov feel when he gets home?

9. What has Platon Nikolayevich apparently said about the stench in the graveyard that is perceived by the dead?

10. In "The Three Hermits", why is the Bishop still awake after everyone goes back to sleep?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Describe how the hussar in Pushkin's "The Stationmaster" cons Dunya and her father into letting him stay there for a few days. What is his ultimate agenda? Is he successful? Why doe they seem to trust him?

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