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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yegor Semyonych in "The Black Monk" believe is the key to his orchard's success?
(a) The support of his daughter.
(b) The people he hires.
(c) His love for it.
(d) Russia's climate.

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

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

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

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

6. On what holiday does Nevyrazimov volunteer to work on?
(a) Passover.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Easter.
(d) Good Friday.

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

8. When the narrator arrives to the other side of the river, the place can be described as __________.
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Bustling.
(c) Languid.
(d) Somber.

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

10. How does Yegor describe himself?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Humble.
(c) As a free spirit.
(d) A man of wisdom.

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

12. 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.

13. Why is the Tartar exiled in Siberia?
(a) He refuses to join the military.
(b) For stealing chickens.
(c) For stealing horses.
(d) For beating his father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to what does Dr. Yefimych believe he is a doctor and the patients in Ward No. 6 are hospitalized?

2. What does it take for Olga to get over Ryabovsky?

3. Dr. Yefimych lacks what as a doctor?

4. What does Anya do for her family when she gains access to money?

5. What is it about Mr. Gnekker that worries Nikolai Stepanych?

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