2. What do Ieronym and the passenger see so beautiful in the sky as they cross the river?
(a) A full moon.
(b) Wisps of clouds.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) A crescent moon.

3. Vasya and Mashenka's marriage can be described as __________.
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Honest.
(c) Caring.
(d) Abusive.

4. What does Varka do finally to get some sleep?
(a) Leave the house and sleep outside.
(b) Strangle the master and his wife.
(c) Pay the apprentice to watch the baby.
(d) Strangle the baby.

5. How does Modest Andreich view his wife?
(a) She is there to advance his career.
(b) He is in love with her beauty.
(c) He is in love with her innocence.
(d) She is there on a friend's advice, not because he wants a wife.

6. In whom does Ieronym see his friend Nikolai?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A woman on the ferry.
(c) The archimandrite.
(d) The narrator.

7. What is Stepan studying?
(a) Art.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Russian literature.

8. The mood during the night Ivan Velikopolsky visits the widows in "The Student" is __________.
(a) Merry.
(b) Light.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Eerie.

9. To whom does Stepanych compare himself during his youthful days of lecturing?
(a) An orchestra conductor.
(b) A pianist.
(c) A brain surgeon.
(d) A violinist.

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

11. To whom does Vanka write to on Christmas Eve?
(a) His old miss.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

12. What is Grigoriev's punishment?
(a) Putting new nuts on the rail lines.
(b) Convincing his village to stop taking nuts from the rail lines.
(c) A year of imprisonment.
(d) A term of hard labor.

13. What must Anyuta finish in order to get more tea and tobacco?
(a) Her embroidery.
(b) Her daily chores.
(c) Helping Stepan study.
(d) Knitting a hat.

14. The university Stepanych works at can be described as __________.
(a) Dismal.
(b) Welcoming.
(c) A leader in medicine.
(d) Technologically advanced.

15. In "The Fidget", Osip Dymov is __________.
(a) Theatrical.
(b) A celebrity.
(c) Socially insufferable.
(d) Ordinary.