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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. How are Ivan Ivanych and his brother Nikolai different?
2. In "A Medical Case", what is Korolev's impression of the countryside?
3. According to the artist in "The House with the Mezzanine", what is the only thing worth living for?
4. Why is Christina Dmitrievna in charge of meeting the doctor?
5. What is most important to Lida Volchaninova?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is going through Anisim's head as he is getting married? What might this foreshadow in his life?
2. What is the root cause of Liza's illness?
3. How are the homes of Lida and the artist, from "The House with the Mezzanine", symbolic of their respective personalities?
4. 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?
5. Dr. Starchenko from "On Official Business" mentions old folks disliking this "nervous age." What might this "nervous age" refer to?
6. In "At Christmastime", what kind of family life does Vasilisa's daughter have in Petersburg? How does this affect her relationship with her parents?
7. How does the figurative language that describes Aksinya at the wedding reception show her true character?
8. How does Korolev show judgment on the Lialikovs?
9. In "The Bishop", what is Bishops Pyotr's relationship with his mother Marya like when she visits him after nine years?
10. According to Ivan Ivanych, what is the balance of sadness and happiness in the world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What form of mentality does the Explainer in "In Exile" take in order to help him survive a life in Siberia? What psyche does he have to maintain sanity in a bare, cold place such as Siberia?
Essay Topic 3
In "The House with the Mezzanine", Lida is called "remarkable" by her mother and sister. Write and essay of what it means to be "remarkable"? What does it take to be "remarkable"? By whose standards is someone "remarkable"? How "remarkable" is Lida? Do her mother and sister really value Lida as a "remarkable" person?
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