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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what city does a retired couple rescheduling their flight come?
(a) Iowa City.
(b) Cedar Rapids.
(c) Dubuque.
(d) Des Moines.

2. The bakery to which Irina dispatches Pushkin is on what street?
(a) Battleship Potemkin.
(b) Tverskaya.
(c) Povarskaya.
(d) Maxim Gorky.

3. From what city is Touchett?
(a) Trenton.
(b) Albany.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

4. What was the common evening meal Pushkin and Irina shared as farmers?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Filet mignon.
(c) Cabbage soup.
(d) Beet soup.

5. To which of the following does Smitty introduce Jerry?
(a) Giovanni.
(b) John.
(c) Juan.
(d) Sean.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose memory is the anthology dedicated?

2. How large a food and drink voucher had Smitty had?

3. Where does Susie work?

4. Which of Dos Passos’s works is Touchett asked to sign?

5. In what Moscow district do Irina and Pushkin initially take up residence?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what does “The Line” assert “the wisdom of the peasant is founded” (5)?

2. How do Pushkin and Irina regard Moscow upon their arrival?

3. What marks Smitty’s social presentation as unusual?

4. Why is Pushkin pleased the bakery where he initially queues offers only one product?

5. Why is “Prufrock” a poor choice for seductive reading, per “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett”?

6. What does “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” note an extra $50 per week might allow?

7. What does Jerry note is the virtue of having a flight canceled early?

8. What does Jerry note as his major failing?

9. How is Irina employed in her Moscow collective?

10. To what does Pushkin compare the Communist speaker he and Irina first hear?

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