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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) They got into an argument with each other.
(d) Marya lost her brother's address.

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

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

9. In what month does "The Schoolmistress" take place?
(a) December.
(b) April.
(c) February.
(d) July.

10. Where does Marya's driver say he heard of the recent murder in Moscow?
(a) His cousin from Moscow wrote to him.
(b) He read it in the newspaper.
(c) Ivan Ionov's tavern.
(d) A passenger told him earlier that day.

11. With whom does Hanov live?
(a) His wife.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His father.
(d) Nobody.

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

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

14. 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 cannot find anyone else to do the job.
(d) He is too busy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does "The Schoolmistress" take place?

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

3. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

4. What was Marya's brother's occupation?

5. How old is Hanov?

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