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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the wedding dressmakers cry?
(a) Anisim ruins the dresses during a drunken fit.
(b) Grigory pays them in counterfeit.
(c) Grigory pays them in sardines and candles instead of cash.
(d) Varvara and Aksinya yell at them for their work.

2. Why does the orchestra reluctantly call on Yakov to play with them?
(a) He asks for too much money.
(b) He is horrible at the fiddle.
(c) He is abusive.
(d) He takes over the spotlight.

3. What apprenticeship does Vanka work in?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Law.
(c) Shoemaking.
(d) Blacksmithing.

4. How long does Olga and Pustovalov's marriage last before he dies of illness?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three months.

5. Why does Vasilisa have trouble writing a letter to her daughter?
(a) She is only doing it for her husband.
(b) Vasilisa has no news to write about.
(c) There is too much to say.
(d) Vasilisa is angry with her daughter but does not want to show it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Velikopolsky's version of the Twelve Gospels, what does Peter do?

2. How is Lipa last seen?

3. Whom does Varka see in her dreams?

4. What is Belikov and Kovalenko's relationship like?

5. What brought Gusev away to the Far East?

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