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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did God allow Ivan to decide?
(a) Katerina's death.
(b) Katerina's husband.
(c) Petro's punishment.
(d) His wife.

2. What does Ivan's aunt want him to do?
(a) Pay for a doctor.
(b) Marry a rich women.
(c) Organize his mother's funeral.
(d) Resign from the army.

3. What does Valuka say Oksana has to bring her before she marries him?
(a) The devil's cloak.
(b) Rasputin's sword.
(c) Tsarina's shoes.
(d) Heaven's wings.

4. Why does Katerina fear the sorcerers?
(a) She is afraid they will kill her.
(b) She is afraid they will turn her into a cloud.
(c) She is afraid they want to impregnate her.
(d) She is afraid they will take away her child.

5. What kind of pictures does Valuka paint?
(a) Abstract pictures.
(b) Religious pictures.
(c) Landscape pictures.
(d) Portrait pictures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like at the beginning of the story?

2. What does Thoma say flowed like water?

3. Why does Ivan not want to marry Grigor's sister?

4. What is the witch's name?

5. What is the name of the main character in this story?

(see the answer key)

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