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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What same sound does Lyzhin hear at the Zemstvo cottage and von Taunitz's?
(a) The howling blizzard.
(b) Distant moans and groans.
(c) Eerie voices.
(d) A "tap, tap, tap" like someone walking with a cane.

2. How does Olga help Vladimir when he returns to her?
(a) She gives him money.
(b) She lets his family stay in the wing without pay.
(c) She helps him find a post.
(d) She gives him the house.

3. What is Katya's reaction to Pyotr's title as bishop?
(a) She reveres him.
(b) She is unaware of its importance.
(c) She becomes afraid.
(d) She mocks him.

4. Who is the only person who can behave comfortably around Bishop Pyotr?
(a) Marya.
(b) No one.
(c) Sisoy.
(d) Katya.

5. Why does Vladimir leave Olga?
(a) His regiment leaves town.
(b) He is fired from work and must find another post.
(c) She is too overbearing and suffocating.
(d) He finds another woman.

6. What is the banging that Korolev keeps hearing?
(a) The idle employees killing time.
(b) The watchmen keeping time of the hour.
(c) The guards making sure the employees are awake and working.
(d) The wind howling at the storage doors.

7. In "A Medical Case", what is Korolev's impression of the countryside?
(a) It is peaceful and quiet.
(b) It is boring.
(c) It is archaic.
(d) It is dead.

8. What is strange about Belikov in "The Man in a Case"?
(a) He suffers from paranoia.
(b) He covers himself extensively.
(c) He talks aloud to himself.
(d) He dislikes sunny weather.

9. What do Yegor and Vasilisa's son-in-law have in common?
(a) They came from Petersburg.
(b) They were both soldiers.
(c) They are both revolutionists.
(d) They are both doorkeepers.

10. What races through the bishop's head when his colleagues confirm his mother's appearance?
(a) Childhood memories.
(b) The day his father died.
(c) The last day he saw her.
(d) He wonders what he will say to her.

11. Whom does Grigory Petrovich generally have a softness for?
(a) Varvara.
(b) His late wife.
(c) His deaf son.
(d) His eldest son and daughter-in-law Aksinya.

12. In "On Official Business", where is the scene of death?
(a) The Zemstvo's barn.
(b) The village hall.
(c) The Zemstvo cottage.
(d) The clerk's office.

13. Why do the women in town get excited about Belikov's life?
(a) Belikov inherits a fortune.
(b) Belikov is promoted to a privy councilor.
(c) They want to arrange a marriage for him.
(d) One of the daughters falls in love with Belikov.

14. How does Nikolai Ivanych get his dream estate?
(a) He surreptitiously steals from his workplace a little at a time over years.
(b) Through savings and marrying a widow.
(c) By borrowing from Ivan Ivanych.
(d) Inheritance.

15. Who helps Olga pass time when Pustovalov is away on business?
(a) Her cook.
(b) The man who rents the wing.
(c) Her gardener.
(d) The old woman who set her up with Pustovalov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Kovalenko and Varenka do that appalls Belikov?

2. What is the one thing Olga Semyonovna from "The Darling" cannot live without?

3. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Gurov treat women?

4. What does Liza want Korolev to confirm?

5. How does the coroner witness the disrespect the beadle gets?

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