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

2. Which demon does the narrator of "In Bondage" say is a very petty demon, but one of the most dangerous?

3. How much does the prescription cost that the doctor issues to the middle-aged citizen in "Yuletide Story"?

4. Whom does Varka see as the enemy in her dream state?

5. What is the god of the cave-like bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Varka so tired?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

7. What happens to the narrator and Grishchuk as evening falls in "The Death of Dolgushov"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Clothesmender", what is the reason that the tailor Laputin has a French sign calling him Lepoutant? What happens, ironically, to his benefactor of the same name at the end of the story? Why is this ironic?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the hussar in Pushkin's "The Stationmaster" cons Dunya and her father into letting him stay there for a few days. What is his ultimate agenda? Is he successful? Why doe they seem to trust him?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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