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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 makes Nevyrazimov feel better?
(a) Killing a cockroach.
(b) Dreaming of a possible promotion.
(c) Talking with Paramon.
(d) The smells of good food.

2. In "Peasant Woman", what does Dyudya enjoy about having visitors?
(a) This is how he gets news about the world.
(b) His ability to help them in their travels.
(c) Hearing their stories.
(d) He is lonely without travelers passing by.

3. What does Stepanych think of Katya?
(a) She is too brash for men.
(b) She is innocent and naive.
(c) She is too foolish to make it in this world.
(d) She is too timid to be in theater.

4. What bond do Bronze and Rothschild have?
(a) They both play the fiddle very well.
(b) They cry together as Bronze plays his last song.
(c) They both feel contempt for Moisei Ilyich.
(d) They both lose their wives at the same time.

5. What special gift did Nikolai have as a monk?
(a) Keeping the novices quiet and respectful.
(b) Writing sermons.
(c) Writing akathists.
(d) Have a good rapport with everyone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the judge discover about an accident from the previous year?

3. What is the celebration like after Modest Alexeich and Anya's wedding?

4. How are Ivan Ivanych and his brother Nikolai different?

5. What is constantly on Nikolai Stepanych's mind?

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