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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horses does Hanov have for his cart?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. What does the principal tell Marya when she tries to discuss her grievances about the watchman?
(a) He plans to fire him.
(b) He tells her she is being foolish.
(c) He is too busy.
(d) He cannot find anyone else to do the job.

3. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?
(a) 31.
(b) 13.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

4. Who is the author of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) Ivan Turgenev.
(c) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

5. What was Marya's brother's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Officer.
(d) Cart Driver.

6. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?
(a) What she will have for dinner.
(b) Exams.
(c) Writing her brother.
(d) Her mother.

7. Why did Marya and her brother stop writing to each other?
(a) Her brother stopped replying to her letters.
(b) Marya stopped replying to her brother.
(c) Marya lost her brother's address.
(d) They got into an argument with each other.

8. Which worker is said to have received his position through influence?
(a) The watchman.
(b) The Zemstvo.
(c) The school inspector.
(d) The principal.

9. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Spiteful.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Special.

10. What season has not fully ended in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

11. What happened when the watchman hit the schoolboys?
(a) He was fired.
(b) Nobody paid any attention.
(c) A schoolboys father hit him.
(d) The schoolboys attacked him.

12. What does Marya recall Hanov's exam papers smelling like the year before?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Wine.
(d) Tobacco.

13. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?
(a) Bakvist.
(b) Brice.
(c) Bastien.
(d) Boris.

14. What is the Marya's last name?
(a) Vassilyevna.
(b) Visovsky.
(c) Villanova.
(d) Vanguard.

15. How old was Marya when her parents died?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing Marya has left from her past?

2. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?

3. In what month does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

4. Where does Marya's driver say he heard of the recent murder in Moscow?

5. How old is Hanov?

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