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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What renews Olga's youth?
(a) Being Vladimir's lover again.
(b) Participating in a women's club.
(c) Finding her own independent passions.
(d) Mothering Sasha.

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

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

4. What does Anisim say that astonishes Varvara, his mother?
(a) That he does not want to marry.
(b) That he is in love with Aksinya.
(c) That he does not believe in God.
(d) That she will go to hell.

5. When Olga is alone, what thoughts does she have?
(a) Her passions return to theater.
(b) She becomes passionate about cooking.
(c) She becomes passionate about her garden.
(d) Nothing.

6. Where does Dmitri Gurov look to meet Anna in S.?
(a) By the pier.
(b) Opening night at the theater.
(c) Outside her bedroom window.
(d) At the museums.

7. According to the artist in "The House with the Mezzanine", what is the only thing worth living for?
(a) Spiritual activity.
(b) Love.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Money.

8. What is the one thing Olga Semyonovna from "The Darling" cannot live without?
(a) Loving someone.
(b) Children.
(c) Money.
(d) Church.

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

10. What is it like for Bishop Pyotr when he serves abroad?
(a) He feels it is useless.
(b) He is homesick.
(c) He can see himself doing this forever.
(d) He is happy to see other parts of the world.

11. Where do Dmitri Gurov and the lady with the dog first meet?
(a) Yalta.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Smryna.
(d) Moscow.

12. What does Starchenko assume about the Zemstvo?
(a) He stole in life and this causes him to commit suicide.
(b) He is a respectable man.
(c) He is an egoist.
(d) He is murdered.

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

14. How does the coroner end up at von Taunitz's?
(a) Von Taunitz condemns Starchenko for not inviting him.
(b) The von Taunitzs are old friends of his.
(c) The coroner wanders to the first warm house he sees.
(d) The beadle makes connections for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Medical Case", what is Korolev's impression of the countryside?

2. What do Olga and Kukin believe the public prefers?

3. What does Bishop Pyotr die of?

4. Why does Zhenya discontinue seeing the artist?

5. How are Ivan Ivanych and his brother Nikolai different?

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