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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Ravine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yefimya's relationship with her husband like?
(a) He loves her more than she can return.
(b) She fears him.
(c) It is very formal and arranged.
(d) She loves him dearly.

2. In "On Official Business", where is the scene of death?
(a) The village hall.
(b) The clerk's office.
(c) The Zemstvo's barn.
(d) The Zemstvo cottage.

3. According to the artist in "The House with the Mezzanine", what is the only thing worth living for?
(a) Spiritual activity.
(b) Love.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Money.

4. The university Stepanych works at can be described as __________.
(a) Technologically advanced.
(b) A leader in medicine.
(c) Dismal.
(d) Welcoming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anyuta help Stepan's studies?

2. In Velikopolsky's version of the Twelve Gospels, what does Peter do?

3. How does Nikifor die?

4. Why does Andreich believe it is acceptable to call Maria by an insulting name?

5. What does Vanka remember about Christmastime?

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