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

2. What does Ivan Gromov suffer from?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

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

4. Why does Osip leave Olga?
(a) He dies from diphtheria.
(b) He leaves her when she announces her love for Ryabovsky.
(c) Osip leaves because Olga is too dramatic.
(d) He pursues an academic career in Germany.

5. How does Vanka learn how to read and write?
(a) From his old miss Olga.
(b) From another apprentice.
(c) In secret from his grandfather.
(d) By the master's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Anyuta to cry?

2. What is Stepan studying?

3. Why does the orchestra reluctantly call on Yakov to play with them?

4. What do Ieronym and the passenger see so beautiful in the sky as they cross the river?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does real life affect Varka's sleep at night?

3. Describe Maria's upbringing under Andreich. What is Andreich's role in her life?

4. How does Ieronym invite the narrator of "Easter Night" to ask about Ieronym's sorrows? How does he hint at his current sorrow?

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

6. What happens to officials who deal with people's suffering, such as judges, policemen, and doctors? How does this affect the innocent?

7. Why does Katya leave to the Caucasus?

8. How does Cherviakov's wife not help his situation with the General?

9. As Gusev drifts in and out of sleep, what thoughts interchange in his dreams?

10. Why doesn't Grigoriev believe the magistrate when he says taking nuts will derail the train?

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