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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Varka see in her dreams?
(a) Babies with wings.
(b) Melting candles.
(c) Her late parents.
(d) Singing lamps.

2. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?
(a) Praises for the theater.
(b) Stepanych's health.
(c) Ill gossip about people.
(d) The latest in medicine.

3. What is Nikolai the porter's proficiency?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) The latest in medicine.
(d) University news.

4. What does Varka do finally to get some sleep?
(a) Leave the house and sleep outside.
(b) Pay the apprentice to watch the baby.
(c) Strangle the baby.
(d) Strangle the master and his wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Nevyrazimov and Paramon hear through the vents?

3. What does Katya suggest to Stepanych?

4. What happens at Pelageya's cottage on Easter?

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

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