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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories 26 and 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is strange about Belikov in "The Man in a Case"?
(a) He suffers from paranoia.
(b) He dislikes sunny weather.
(c) He covers himself extensively.
(d) He talks aloud to himself.

2. Why does Zhenya discontinue seeing the artist?
(a) The artist moves away.
(b) Zhenya is too busy with politics.
(c) Her mother disapproves.
(d) Lida disapproves.

3. What is so different about Anna from the other women Gurov usually meets?
(a) Anna is young and inexperienced.
(b) Anna is older than usual.
(c) Anna is plainer looking.
(d) Anna is from the countryside.

4. Why haven't Vasilisa and her husband received any word from Yefimya?
(a) Yefimya is too ill to write.
(b) Yefimya is too busy to write.
(c) Andrei forbids her to contact her parents.
(d) Andrei did not mail Yefimya's letters.

5. What does Anna Sergeevna fear when she starts relations with Gurov?
(a) That she will be judged a sinner.
(b) He will no longer respect her.
(c) Her husband will find out.
(d) The town will talk about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What embitters Nikolai Stepanych about his children?

2. Where does Dmitri Gurov look to meet Anna in S.?

3. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?

4. How does Stepanych feel about his life in the months before his death?

5. What is Yefimya's relationship with her husband like?

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