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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Darling.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What expression does Marfa, Bronze's wife, have as she is dying?
(a) Serenity and joy.
(b) Pain.
(c) Pity and sorrow.
(d) Guilt.

2. What does Kovrin seem to hate the most?
(a) The hallucinations.
(b) His inability to love fairly.
(c) Being different.
(d) A state of mediocrity.

3. Why does Osip leave Olga?
(a) He pursues an academic career in Germany.
(b) Osip leaves because Olga is too dramatic.
(c) He leaves her when she announces her love for Ryabovsky.
(d) He dies from diphtheria.

4. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?
(a) To see if he could.
(b) For fun.
(c) To use as a sinker.
(d) He was dared to by a friend.

5. What is a panikhida?
(a) A formal apology to God.
(b) A type of bread.
(c) A celebration of the living.
(d) A commemorative prayer for the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Varka happy to fetch the firewood?

2. What do Olga and Kukin believe the public prefers?

3. Of the following, which is NOT an attribute Korolev thinks about in regards to factories?

4. What does the black monk tell Kovrin about his presence?

5. In "A Medical Case", what is Korolev's impression of the countryside?

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