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

2. How old is Nanny Varka?

3. In the morning, what is Varka asked to do after she lights the stove?

4. In front of the Icon in "Sleepy", what color light is burning?

5. For one hour, what is in the cave as a result of the "god"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Yuletide Story," what does the doctor think when he goes to the patient's apartment after his aunt tells him he has died?

2. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?

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

4. Why does Selikhov come over to Martin Martinych's place?

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

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

7. What does Antoshka say when Paka asks why he and his brother laugh all the time?

8. Describe the condition Dolgushov is in when he is found. Who has done this to him?

9. What happens when Varka decides she must be free of what shackles her at the end of Sleepy?

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

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

Describe the story of the prodigal son on the stationmaster's wall in "The Stationmaster", by Pushkin. How does this allegory relate to the stationmaster's daughter in the main story?

Essay Topic 3

In "A Living Relic", how does Lukerya's malady manifest itself? What draws her outside in the middle of the night? What happens as a result? Describe the progression of her illness discussing how she ends up in the bee hut.

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