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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 does Vanka remember about Christmastime?
(a) Decorating the tree with his parents.
(b) An orange in his stocking one year.
(c) Getting the tree with his grandfather.
(d) Making cookies with the cooks in the master's house.

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

3. What is Olga Ivanovna's greatest talent?
(a) Painting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Acting.
(d) Acquainting with celebrities.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Peasant Woman", what does Dyudya enjoy about having visitors?

2. What brought Gusev away to the Far East?

3. Due to what does Dr. Yefimych believe he is a doctor and the patients in Ward No. 6 are hospitalized?

4. Whom does Varka see in her dreams?

5. In whom does Ieronym see his friend Nikolai?

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