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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 Katya ask of Bishop Pyotr?
(a) To give a special sermon.
(b) To hold her.
(c) To help her family.
(d) To help Marya.

2. What is so different about Anna from the other women Gurov usually meets?
(a) Anna is young and inexperienced.
(b) Anna is older than usual.
(c) Anna is plainer looking.
(d) Anna is from the countryside.

3. Why do Ivan Ivanych and Burkin call on Alekhin in "Gooseberries"?
(a) To see his maid Pelageya.
(b) To get cover from rain.
(c) For his stories.
(d) To ask for income.

4. How long does Olga and Pustovalov's marriage last before he dies of illness?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six years.

5. How do Alekhin and Burkin view Ivan's story about Nikolai and the gooseberries?
(a) They think it is beautiful.
(b) They agree with Ivan's lesson at the end of the story.
(c) They see no point to the story.
(d) They find it judgmental and pushy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Korolev convinced to stay overnight to watch over Liza?

2. How is Anisim caught with counterfeit?

3. How soon does Olga remarry when Kukin dies?

4. How does Olga support the ones she loves?

5. Who is the only person who can behave comfortably around Bishop Pyotr?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going through Anisim's head as he is getting married? What might this foreshadow in his life?

2. In "At Christmastime", what kind of family life does Vasilisa's daughter have in Petersburg? How does this affect her relationship with her parents?

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

4. Describe the town of Ukleyevo from "In the Ravine". What is life like there?

5. How are the homes of Lida and the artist, from "The House with the Mezzanine", symbolic of their respective personalities?

6. 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.

7. Describe what life is like in the countryside where there is a factory?

8. How is Pyotr different as a person and as a bishop?

9. 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?

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

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