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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. To what does Korolev equate the factory?
2. Where does Dmitri Gurov look to meet Anna in S.?
3. What is Katya's reaction to Pyotr's title as bishop?
4. Whom does Marya talk with easily?
5. What are the people's reaction to the Zemstvo killing?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
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 Katya show how she feels about Pyotr's status as a bishop?
4. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov view women?
5. Describe Belikov from "The Man in a Case" and what makes him so different from everyone else in his village. What influence does he have on the people around him?
6. What does Korolev theorize is the cause of imbalance between the strong and the weak?
7. From "The Darling", describe Olga's personality type.
8. How are the homes of Lida and the artist, from "The House with the Mezzanine", symbolic of their respective personalities?
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. How is Pyotr different as a person and as a bishop?
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
Although Andrei Kovrin from "The Black Monk" knows the black monk is a hallucination it makes him feel good. What is the driving force of these hallucinations? How does the black monk make Andrei feel better about life?
Essay Topic 3
From "A Boring Story", write an essay about male/male and female/female relationships. Base answers on Stepanych and Mr. Gnekker's relationship for male/male and Varya and Liza's relationship with Katya for female/female. Why is it difficult for Stepanych to like Mr. Gnekker and why is it difficult for Liza and Varya to like Katya and vice versa?
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