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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. In what year do Pushkin and Irina move to Moscow?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1918.

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

3. How does “Hasta Luego” gloss its eponymous phrase?
(a) “Until we meet again.”
(b) “Until tomorrow.”
(c) "See you later."
(d) “Until you suffer a hernia.”

4. Which of the following authors’ works does Touchett sign?
(a) Babbitt.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Aiken.

5. To which of the following is Pushkin compared?
(a) Methuselah.
(b) Lamech.
(c) Enoch.
(d) Jared.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what airport does Jerry mean to fly?

2. What team’s game is playing when Jerry reaches the hotel bar?

3. What is the name of Smitty’s wife?

4. On what October day do Pushkin and Irina arrive in Moscow?

5. In what year does Pushkin start queueing up for others?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Irina employed in her Moscow collective?

4. Why does Smitty’s wife demand Jerry get him out of the bar?

5. Why do Pushkin and Irina move to Moscow?

6. How does Irina react to the Communist speaker she and Pushkin first hear?

7. Why, per “Hasta Luego,” is emotional contagion important?

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

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

10. What qualities does “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” note are needed to read collections of letters?

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