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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Boring Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yegor dislike about the village?
(a) The poverty.
(b) The arrogance.
(c) The noise.
(d) The large population.

2. What embitters Nikolai Stepanych about his children?
(a) The choice of spouses.
(b) Their choice of careers.
(c) They do not help him during his financial troubles.
(d) They continue to ask him for money.

3. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.
(a) Sparse.
(b) Meticulously clean.
(c) Messy.
(d) Averagely boring.

4. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?
(a) He was dared to by a friend.
(b) To see if he could.
(c) To use as a sinker.
(d) For fun.

5. What did Nikolai do for Ieronym when he was alive?
(a) Go through prayer sessions with him.
(b) Teach him how to write poems.
(c) Call out to Ieronym so he is not scared on the ferry at night.
(d) Sing him lullabies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ivan Cherviakov watching when he sneezes on the man in front of him?

2. What special gift did Nikolai have as a monk?

3. To whom does Vanka write to on Christmas Eve?

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

5. What is Nikolai the porter's proficiency?

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