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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. Who lives downstairs from Masha and Martin Martinych?

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

3. What does Paka say his name would be if he were a common boy and not a prince?

4. What is the name of Varka's late father?

5. What does Dolgushov give to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor say that Varka's father should do in the dream she has while holding the baby?

2. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?

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

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

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

6. Why is Varka so tired?

7. In "Sunstroke", how does the woman react to the lieutenant's suggestion that they get off the boat together?

8. What does Zoshchenko write about "Yuletide Story"?

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

10. What do the three brothers do during the summer months in "In Bondage"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Paka describe what has supposedly happened to his real mother to the three brothers? What do they think of the situation? What do they do about it? What happens as a result of their actions?

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 is it that Varka becomes a nanny to the cobbler's baby? What has happened to her family? How is she treated by the cobbler and his wife?

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