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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 do Kovalenko and Varenka do that appalls Belikov?
2. What is it like for Bishop Pyotr when he serves abroad?
3. How does Nikifor die?
4. What do Olga and Kukin believe the public prefers?
5. Whom does the factory benefit the most?
Short Essay Questions
1. From "The Darling", describe Olga's personality type.
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. What is the root cause of Liza's illness?
4. How does Korolev show judgment on the Lialikovs?
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 "On Official Business", what is the difference between the coroner and the doctor in the way they view life?
7. Dr. Starchenko from "On Official Business" mentions old folks disliking this "nervous age." What might this "nervous age" refer to?
8. How does Olga become committed to Sasha?
9. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov view women?
10. Compare and contrast Olga's husbands and lovers. How are their personality types alike and different? How does this affect Olga as a person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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