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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. In "The Fidget", Osip Dymov is __________.
(a) A celebrity.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Theatrical.
(d) Socially insufferable.

2. What happens when the General is so angry with Cherviakov, he yells "Get out"?
(a) Cherviakov becomes angry and takes back all his apologies.
(b) Cherviakov attempts to write a letter of apology to the General.
(c) Cherviakov goes home and dies.
(d) Cherviakov vents to his wife at home.

3. What does the judge think of Grigoriev?
(a) He thinks Grigoriev is mentally unstable.
(b) He thinks highly of the man but not his actions.
(c) He believes Grigoriev is a liar.
(d) He feels pity for the poor fellow.

4. What embitters Nikolai Stepanych about his children?
(a) They do not help him during his financial troubles.
(b) Their choice of careers.
(c) The choice of spouses.
(d) They continue to ask him for money.

5. What feeling do Mashenka and Matvei have that brings them together?
(a) Love.
(b) A want of revenge.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Lust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Gusev have before he dies?

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

3. What is Ivan Cherviakov watching when he sneezes on the man in front of him?

4. What is the root of poverty in Anya's family?

5. What expression does Marfa, Bronze's wife, have as she is dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will happen to Vanka at the end of his story?

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

3. Why is Cherviakov so insistent on apologizing to the General?

4. What makes akathists so difficult?

5. What stops Nevyrazimov from moving up in the world?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Grigoriev react to his punishment?

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