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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What empowers Anya in her marriage?
(a) The remembrance of her late mother's strength.
(b) Her charm with the officials' wives.
(c) Her charm with high officials.
(d) His Excellency's wife.

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

4. What does Vanka remember about Christmastime?
(a) An orange in his stocking one year.
(b) Getting the tree with his grandfather.
(c) Decorating the tree with his parents.
(d) Making cookies with the cooks in the master's house.

5. What expression does Marfa, Bronze's wife, have as she is dying?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Serenity and joy.
(c) Pity and sorrow.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yegor dislike about the village?

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

3. Why do Vasilisa's tears make Ivan happy?

4. Why is business bad for Bronze in "Rothschild's Fiddle"?

5. What does Ivan Gromov suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anya's character and how it changes from the beginning of "Anna on the Neck" to the end.

2. When a fellow soldier asks Gusev if he is not afraid to die, what is his response? How does his response reflect his character?

3. What consumes Bronze so much in life over the last 50 years in "Rothschild's Fiddle"?

4. What changes are observed in Nikolai Stepanych's lectures from the past to the present?

5. How does Grigoriev react to his punishment?

6. What is Katya's response to Nikolai when he writes a letter not to condemn the actors but the art of acting? What does this show about her character?

7. Describe Yegor and Pelageya's relationship. How do they interact? How do they feel about one another?

8. Dr. Andrei Yefimych states that Ivan Dmitrich is "interested in precisely the right things." What are these right things?

9. Modest Alexeich admonishes Anya and her family about how a "man must have his responsibilities!" Between Modest, Anya, and her family, who shows responsibilities best?

10. Why does the black monk make Andrei Kovrin feel good?

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