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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 causes Anyuta to cry?
(a) The neighbor treats her badly.
(b) Anyuta wants to move out.
(c) Stepan yells at her for being stupid.
(d) Stepan wants to separate.

2. What apprenticeship does Vanka work in?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) Shoemaking.
(d) Law.

3. In "Ward No. 6", who is Nikita?
(a) One of the patients of Ward No. 6.
(b) The hall porter.
(c) The assistant doctor.
(d) The caretaker.

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

5. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?
(a) Ill gossip about people.
(b) Praises for the theater.
(c) Stepanych's health.
(d) The latest in medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vasya and Mashenka's marriage can be described as __________.

2. What insulting word does Andreich call his daughter Maria?

3. In whom does Ieronym see his friend Nikolai?

4. In "In Exile", what does the Explainer advise the Tartar?

5. Why does Andreich believe it is acceptable to call Maria by an insulting name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Katya leave to the Caucasus?

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

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

6. How does Grigoriev react to his punishment?

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

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

9. What causes Father Grigory to be so angry with Andreich?

10. 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?

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