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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kovrin seem to hate the most?
2. What is Olga Ivanovna's greatest talent?
3. To whom is Nevyrazimov writing a letter?
4. What does Katya suggest to Stepanych?
5. Dr. Yefimych lacks what as a doctor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What changes are observed in Nikolai Stepanych's lectures from the past to the present?
2. How does real life affect Varka's sleep at night?
3. Why does the black monk make Andrei Kovrin feel good?
4. What does the Tartar think of Vassily and the Explainer? Who does he respect more and why?
5. What will happen to Vanka at the end of his story?
6. What is Katya's response to Nikolai when he writes a letter not to condemn the actors but the art of acting? What does this show about her character?
7. Why is Cherviakov so insistent on apologizing to the General?
8. Why does Katya leave to the Caucasus?
9. When a fellow soldier asks Gusev if he is not afraid to die, what is his response? How does his response reflect his character?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The only thing Varka in "Sleepy" wants is sleep. Eventually she gets it by killing the baby that cries. Anton Chekhov writes, "and a moment later [Varka] is already fast asleep, like the dead..." Why does Chekhov write an ellipsis at the end of Varka's story? What is the reader led to believe?
Essay Topic 2
Belikov in "The Man in a Case" physically covers himself and his objects as much as possible no matter what the weather. What is this lifestyle symbolic of? What is Belikov really trying to keep out or in?
Essay Topic 3
Compare how the soldiers and the sailor on the boat in "Gusev" handle a long boat ride back home to Russia. How do they each deal with long days without enough food and water, entertainment, and occupation? What does each resort do in order to try to keep their sanity?
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