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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stories 14 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Pavel Ivanych in "Gusev" to be more irritable than usual?
(a) When the card players get too rowdy.
(b) When the ship tosses.
(c) When the air becomes too humid.
(d) When there is not enough to drink.

2. What brought Gusev away to the Far East?
(a) There was promise of money as a merchant.
(b) A woman.
(c) Military service.
(d) Exile.

3. What kind of reputation is Pavel Ivanych proud of?
(a) Being insufferable.
(b) Being an honest man.
(c) Being a philosopher.
(d) Being a womanizer.

4. What does Ivan Gromov suffer from?
(a) Neurosis.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Paranoia.

5. What do Ieronym and the passenger see so beautiful in the sky as they cross the river?
(a) A crescent moon.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) A full moon.
(d) Wisps of clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stepanych think of Katya?

2. In whom does Ieronym see his friend Nikolai?

3. What causes Anyuta to cry?

4. Why is Varka happy to fetch the firewood?

5. When the narrator arrives to the other side of the river, the place can be described as __________.

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