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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Marya's cart driver in "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) The school watchman.
(b) Hanov.
(c) Old Seymour.
(d) Old Semyon.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do some people say about Hanov?
(a) He is a womanizer.
(b) He is a town nuisance.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He is a heavy drinker.

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

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

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

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

14. Who does Marya's driver say he recently heard was killed in Moscow?
(a) Alexeyev, the Mayor of Moscow.
(b) Dmitry, the Prime Minister.
(c) Oleg, the Minister of Education
(d) Ivan, the Governor.

15. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?
(a) America.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) France.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which worker at Marya's school has she tried to have dismissed for two years?

3. What season has not fully ended in "The Schoolmistress"?

4. Who does Hanov say he is going to visit when he sees Marya and her driver?

5. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

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