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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 arrangement do Gurov and Anna make to continue seeing each other?
(a) They are to meet in Yalta every Sunday.
(b) He is to come every other month by the pier.
(c) He is to "tutor" her in French.
(d) She will see him in Moscow.

2. What does Anna Sergeevna fear when she starts relations with Gurov?
(a) He will no longer respect her.
(b) Her husband will find out.
(c) That she will be judged a sinner.
(d) The town will talk about her.

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

4. Who is the only person who can behave comfortably around Bishop Pyotr?
(a) No one.
(b) Katya.
(c) Marya.
(d) Sisoy.

5. What is most important to Lida Volchaninova?
(a) Local politics and helping the needy.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Providing for her mother and sister.
(d) Having children.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Korolev equate the factory?

2. What do Yegor and Vasilisa's son-in-law have in common?

3. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Gurov treat women?

4. What races through the bishop's head when his colleagues confirm his mother's appearance?

5. What is it like for Bishop Pyotr when he serves abroad?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Korolev show judgment on the Lialikovs?

2. In "On Official Business", the coroner has a dream about the beadle and the Zemstvo walking side by side. Write a brief interpretation of this dream.

3. How does the figurative language that describes Aksinya at the wedding reception show her true character?

4. What is life like for Pyotr?

5. In "At Christmastime", Vasilisa writes a letter to her daughter after four years of not seeing her. Why does Vasilisa take such care in her choice of words?

6. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov view women?

7. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", why does Dmitri Gurov see Anna Sergeeva differently than all the other women in his life? What makes her so much more appealing?

8. What does Korolev theorize is the cause of imbalance between the strong and the weak?

9. Compare and contrast Olga's husbands and lovers. How are their personality types alike and different? How does this affect Olga as a person?

10. Why does Alekhin and Burkin not enjoy Ivan Ivanych's story about gooseberries?

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