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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. How old is Nanny Varka?

2. What perhaps causes the icy roar of the wind in "The Cave"?

3. What does the doctor forget at the middle-aged citizen's apartment?

4. When Paka asked why the boys are armed as they are, who do they say they are?

5. What does Grishchuk have with him all the time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Masha's condition in "The Cave"?

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

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

10. Why is Varka so tired?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Tolstoy characterize each of the three hermits in "The Three Hermits"? How do these descriptions obscure the true nature of the power that the hermits have? How is this ironic in light of the Bishop's visit to the island?

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