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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 Anyuta to cry?
(a) The neighbor treats her badly.
(b) Stepan yells at her for being stupid.
(c) Stepan wants to separate.
(d) Anyuta wants to move out.

2. What happens to Vassily Sergeich's family?
(a) His children die of consumption.
(b) They are left in Moscow while he is in exile in Siberia.
(c) The wife runs away and his daughter is ill.
(d) His wife dies of consumption and his daughter has severe pneumonia.

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

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

5. Due to what does Dr. Yefimych believe he is a doctor and the patients in Ward No. 6 are hospitalized?
(a) Social classes.
(b) Karma.
(c) Parentage.
(d) Chance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Anyuta help Stepan's studies?

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

5. What do Stepanych and his wife discuss every morning?

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