View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Stepanych feel about his life in the months before his death?
(a) Everything is happier.
(b) Everyone seems nicer.
(c) Everything is boring.
(d) Nothing changes.

3. What does the judge discover about an accident from the previous year?
(a) Grigoriev is the one behind it all.
(b) The derailment is caused by the village people taking the nuts.
(c) The wrong man is in jail for last year's accident.
(d) Mitrofan Petrov is the leader of the nut stealers and caused the accident.

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

5. What special gift did Nikolai have as a monk?
(a) Writing sermons.
(b) Keeping the novices quiet and respectful.
(c) Have a good rapport with everyone.
(d) Writing akathists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.

2. What does Katya suggest to Stepanych?

3. What about Ryabovsky intrigues Olga?

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

5. What brought Gusev away to the Far East?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 284 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample