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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. What does the eldest boy call Paka?
2. What sort of eau de cologne scent is left in the hotel by the woman in "Sunstroke"?
3. Which composer's Opus 74 lies on Martin's desk?
4. In front of the Icon in "Sleepy", what color light is burning?
5. What sort of steamer does the woman take when she leaves the lieutenant in "Sunstroke"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "In Bondage", what happens during the dinner party of Paka's mother and afterward?
2. What happens to the narrator and Grishchuk as evening falls in "The Death of Dolgushov"?
3. In "The Death of Dolgushov", what does a wounded delegate say when Vytyagaichenko is leaving him and the other wounded and how does Vytyagaichenko respond?
4. What does Zoshchenko write about "Yuletide Story"?
5. In "Sunstroke", how does the woman react to the lieutenant's suggestion that they get off the boat together?
6. What does Paka believe about the boys he sees passing by his house?
7. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?
8. How are the conditions at the Obertyshevs' place?
9. What is Masha's condition in "The Cave"?
10. What happens when Varka decides she must be free of what shackles her at the end of Sleepy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
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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