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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Hanov?
(a) 55.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

3. What happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?
(a) The worker was fired immediately.
(b) Nobody was there.
(c) They laughed at her.
(d) They said they would look into it.

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

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

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

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

8. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was the school principal.
(c) He was an examiner.
(d) He was a watchman.

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

10. What time of day does "The Schoolmistress" take place?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 12:00 p.m.
(d) 8:30 a.m.

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

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

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

14. What items has Hanov given to the school?
(a) Pencils.
(b) Slates.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Globes.

15. Where is Marya's family from?
(a) Samara.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Saint Petersburg.
(d) Rostov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Marya and her brother stop writing to each other?

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

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

4. What is one of the things Marya thinks about while riding back home?

5. With whom does Hanov live?

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