2. How long has it been since Bishop Pyotr last saw his mother?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Nine years.

3. What is so different about Anna from the other women Gurov usually meets?
(a) Anna is young and inexperienced.
(b) Anna is plainer looking.
(c) Anna is from the countryside.
(d) Anna is older than usual.

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

5. How do Alekhin and Burkin view Ivan's story about Nikolai and the gooseberries?
(a) They see no point to the story.
(b) They think it is beautiful.
(c) They find it judgmental and pushy.
(d) They agree with Ivan's lesson at the end of the story.

6. Why do Ivan Ivanych and Burkin call on Alekhin in "Gooseberries"?
(a) To get cover from rain.
(b) To ask for income.
(c) For his stories.
(d) To see his maid Pelageya.

7. How does Nikifor die?
(a) Aksinya throws him down the well.
(b) Stepan accidentally drops him.
(c) Aksinya pours boiling water on him.
(d) The cook accidentally drops boiling water on him.

8. What feeling does Bishop Pyotr instill in people?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Peace.
(c) Fear.
(d) Happiness.

9. Whom does Marya bring with her to visit Bishop Pyotr?
(a) Her grandson Sisoy.
(b) His nephew Sisoy.
(c) Her granddaughter Katya.
(d) His little sister Katya.

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

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

12. How soon does Olga remarry when Kukin dies?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three days.

13. Of the following, which is NOT an attribute Korolev thinks about in regards to factories?
(a) Only a few benefit from it.
(b) Factory owners are more stressed than others give them credit for.
(c) Consumers do not get quality goods from them.
(d) Factory workers are overworked.

14. How is Anisim caught with counterfeit?
(a) The blacksmith traces it back to him.
(b) Aksinya realizes it and turns him in.
(c) Grigory notices it and turns him in.
(d) The merrymakers try to bribe him and turns him in.

15. What do Olga and Kukin believe the public prefers?
(a) Banality.
(b) Operas.
(c) Comedies.
(d) Cultural classics.