View a FREE sample

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) A woman.
(b) There was promise of money as a merchant.
(c) Exile.
(d) Military service.

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

3. In "Peasant Woman", what does Dyudya enjoy about having visitors?
(a) His ability to help them in their travels.
(b) He is lonely without travelers passing by.
(c) Hearing their stories.
(d) This is how he gets news about the world.

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

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

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

7. What causes Pavel Ivanych in "Gusev" to be more irritable than usual?
(a) When the ship tosses.
(b) When the air becomes too humid.
(c) When the card players get too rowdy.
(d) When there is not enough to drink.

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

9. What feeling overtakes Kovrin to the point that it worries him?
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Anger.

10. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.
(a) Averagely boring.
(b) Messy.
(c) Meticulously clean.
(d) Sparse.

11. What is the celebration like after Modest Alexeich and Anya's wedding?
(a) Frugal but the largest affair of the village.
(b) The ball of the town.
(c) Close to non-existent.
(d) The nicest wedding reception Modest can afford.

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

13. What happens at Pelageya's cottage on Easter?
(a) Yegor comes by with a ham to celebrate with her.
(b) Pelageya makes a nice meal but Yegor never shows up.
(c) Yegor comes by drunk and beats her.
(d) Yegor and Pelageya get married.

14. Why does Andreich believe it is acceptable to call Maria by an insulting name?
(a) Because she is a woman.
(b) Because he is her father.
(c) Because God forgave her.
(d) Because other people call her that all the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is General Brizzhalov's first reaction to Cherviakov?

2. On what holiday does Nevyrazimov volunteer to work on?

3. What is Ivan Cherviakov watching when he sneezes on the man in front of him?

4. What is the total number of time Cherviakov attempts to apologize to the General?

5. What does Yegor dislike about the village?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 486 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample