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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Olga pass time when Pustovalov is away on business?
(a) Her gardener.
(b) Her cook.
(c) The man who rents the wing.
(d) The old woman who set her up with Pustovalov.

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

3. How is Lipa last seen?
(a) Happy as a day laborer.
(b) Married happily with another peasant.
(c) Fearful of the Tsybukins.
(d) Impoverished and depressed.

4. How does Nikolai Ivanych get his dream estate?
(a) Inheritance.
(b) Through savings and marrying a widow.
(c) He surreptitiously steals from his workplace a little at a time over years.
(d) By borrowing from Ivan Ivanych.

5. What is the banging that Korolev keeps hearing?
(a) The watchmen keeping time of the hour.
(b) The guards making sure the employees are awake and working.
(c) The wind howling at the storage doors.
(d) The idle employees killing time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Vasya and Mashenka's marriage can be described as __________.

3. Why is business bad for Bronze in "Rothschild's Fiddle"?

4. What does Bishop Pyotr die of?

5. Why does Osip leave Olga?

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