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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought Gusev away to the Far East?
(a) There was promise of money as a merchant.
(b) Exile.
(c) Military service.
(d) A woman.

2. Due to what does Dr. Yefimych believe he is a doctor and the patients in Ward No. 6 are hospitalized?
(a) Karma.
(b) Social classes.
(c) Chance.
(d) Parentage.

3. What feeling does Gusev have before he dies?
(a) A sense of yearning.
(b) An aura of uneasiness.
(c) A feeling of content.
(d) A sense of happiness.

4. What do Nevyrazimov and Paramon hear through the vents?
(a) Church bells and carriages.
(b) Children playing.
(c) A carriage crash.
(d) Voices.

5. What is the root of poverty in Anya's family?
(a) Her brother's irresponsible ways.
(b) Her father's physical disability.
(c) Pyotr's alcoholism.
(d) Her mother's death.

6. What do Stepanych and his wife discuss every morning?
(a) Katya.
(b) His health and their son.
(c) The weather.
(d) Liza.

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

8. What is General Brizzhalov's first reaction to Cherviakov?
(a) He accepts the apology amiably with a smile.
(b) He wants Cherviakov to let him be.
(c) He is appalled but Cherviakov's rudeness.
(d) He is furious with Cherviakov.

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

10. What is Dr. Yefimych's true passion?
(a) Anatomy and physiology.
(b) Theology.
(c) Horticulture.
(d) Literature.

11. What kind of reputation is Pavel Ivanych proud of?
(a) Being a womanizer.
(b) Being a philosopher.
(c) Being insufferable.
(d) Being an honest man.

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

13. What feeling do Mashenka and Matvei have that brings them together?
(a) Lust.
(b) A want of revenge.
(c) Love.
(d) Boredom.

14. What happens to Vassily Sergeich's family?
(a) The wife runs away and his daughter is ill.
(b) His children die of consumption.
(c) His wife dies of consumption and his daughter has severe pneumonia.
(d) They are left in Moscow while he is in exile in Siberia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kovrin seem to hate the most?

2. What is constantly on Nikolai Stepanych's mind?

3. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?

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

5. The university Stepanych works at can be described as __________.

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