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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. Why do the wedding dressmakers cry?
2. How does the coroner witness the disrespect the beadle gets?
3. What does Anisim say that astonishes Varvara, his mother?
4. What does Anna Sergeevna fear when she starts relations with Gurov?
5. How does the bishop feel when he sees his mother?
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. According to Ivan Ivanych, what is the balance of sadness and happiness in the world?
3. What is life like for Pyotr?
4. How does Olga become committed to Sasha?
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. In "On Official Business", why does the coroner believe the city is the center of Russia? What does he think of the village and countryside?
7. Why does Alekhin and Burkin not enjoy Ivan Ivanych's story about gooseberries?
8. Describe the town of Ukleyevo from "In the Ravine". What is life like there?
9. What is the Tsybukins' reaction to Nikifor's death?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
How does Nikolai Stepanych in "A Boring Story" handle aging? How does he change? How does he react to changes due to aging?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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