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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. Which of the following writers does Touchett idolize?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Nobokov.
(d) Chekhov.

2. Under what article of the Criminal Code does the NKVD convict intellectuals of counterrevolutionary activities?
(a) 58.
(b) 69.
(c) 80.
(d) 47.

3. For what collective do Pushkin and Irina initially work in Moscow?
(a) Red Star.
(b) Gold Hammer.
(c) Red Flag.
(d) Gold Sickle.

4. What does Jerry note a Maine accountant knows how to depreciate?
(a) A fishing rod.
(b) A crab boat.
(c) A lobster pot.
(d) A fishing net.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors’ signatures does Touchett forge?

2. Which of the following authors’ signatures does Touchett demur from forging?

3. Where does Touchett’s roommate work?

4. What is on offer at the bakery where Pushkin initially queues?

5. How many are ahead of Jerry when he joins the line to reschedule his flight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pennybrook portray Dos Passos to Touchett?

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

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

4. What does “The Line” suggest makes a discussion of the weather a pleasantry?

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

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

7. How is Irina employed in her Moscow collective?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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