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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 "The Death of Dolgushov", who is the disgraced commander of the Fourth Division?
2. What does Dolgushov give to the narrator?
3. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant slap his boots with while contemplating the woman's absence in the hotel room?
4. What does the narrator of "Yuletide Story" say has likely caused the doctor's voice to grow husky and cracked?
5. Whom does Varka see as the enemy in her dream state?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?
2. In "Yuletide Story," what does the doctor think when he goes to the patient's apartment after his aunt tells him he has died?
3. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?
4. What does the doctor say that Varka's father should do in the dream she has while holding the baby?
5. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?
6. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?
7. What happens when Varka decides she must be free of what shackles her at the end of Sleepy?
8. What happens to the narrator and Grishchuk as evening falls in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
9. What does the lieutenant in "Sunstroke" do when he goes back to the hotel room alone?
10. What is Masha's condition in "The Cave"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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