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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 "Sunstroke," what river is the steamer traversing when the lieutenant meets the woman he has an attraction to?

2. How old is Nanny Varka?

3. What is the specialty of the doctor in "Yuletide Story"?

4. On which day do Martin Martinych and Masha board up the study?

5. When the guests come to the house, in "Sleepy" what is Varka asked to run and get from the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?

2. How does Zamyatin describe the bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay in "The Cave"?

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

4. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

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

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

7. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Major Kovalyov reacts to the situation of his missing nose in Gogol's "The Nose". What does he do for a living? How does he perceive his station in life? What are his biggest fears about his missing nose?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In "Yuletide Story", why does the narrator call the old woman "the flower of god"? What does she do that causes him to use sarcasm in his description of her?

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