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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vanka learn how to read and write?
(a) By the master's wife.
(b) From his old miss Olga.
(c) In secret from his grandfather.
(d) From another apprentice.

2. What does Katya suggest to Stepanych?
(a) To go see a dentist.
(b) For him to sponsor her pursuits in theater.
(c) That he should get some open air at the Caucasus.
(d) For him to leave his family.

3. How does Anyuta help Stepan's studies?
(a) By testing him with note cards.
(b) By being his anatomical model.
(c) By researching any questions he has.
(d) By keeping his environment neat and clean.

4. Why do Vasilisa's tears make Ivan happy?
(a) He sees a connection between the past and present.
(b) They are tears of relief.
(c) He hates her.
(d) They are tears of joy.

5. What bond do Bronze and Rothschild have?
(a) They both lose their wives at the same time.
(b) They both play the fiddle very well.
(c) They both feel contempt for Moisei Ilyich.
(d) They cry together as Bronze plays his last song.

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

7. What happens when the General is so angry with Cherviakov, he yells "Get out"?
(a) Cherviakov goes home and dies.
(b) Cherviakov attempts to write a letter of apology to the General.
(c) Cherviakov becomes angry and takes back all his apologies.
(d) Cherviakov vents to his wife at home.

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

9. What is Olga Ivanovna's greatest talent?
(a) Acquainting with celebrities.
(b) Acting.
(c) Painting.
(d) Singing.

10. Dr. Yefimych lacks what as a doctor?
(a) Money.
(b) Clinical background.
(c) Management skills.
(d) Intelligence.

11. What is the total number of time Cherviakov attempts to apologize to the General?
(a) Once.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty.

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

13. In Velikopolsky's version of the Twelve Gospels, what does Peter do?
(a) Turn away from Jesus when he asks for help.
(b) Turn Jesus into the high priest.
(c) Sing along with the servants of the high priest against Jesus.
(d) Deny knowing Jesus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the judge discover about an accident from the previous year?

2. When the narrator arrives to the other side of the river, the place can be described as __________.

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

4. What did Nikolai do for Ieronym when he was alive?

5. Why is the Tartar exiled in Siberia?

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