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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Marya went to the Zemstvo board to complain about another school worker?

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

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

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

5. What is the Marya's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marya Vassilyevna do for work? How long has she had the occupation? Where is she going at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

2. What news from Moscow does Semyon tell Marya he heard at Ivan Ionov's tavern?

3. What did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before the story takes place?

4. What does Marya think of Hanov as their cart follows his?

5. Which of Marya's coworkers does she try to get dismissed and what comes of it?

6. What do readers learn of Marya's past at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

7. What is the only thing Marya keeps from her past?

8. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

9. What does Marya think of on the cart at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?

10. Describe Hanov.

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