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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which worker is said to have received his position through influence?

4. Who is the author of "The Schoolmistress"?

5. What work did Hanov do at Marya's school the year before "The Schoolmistress" takes place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Hanov.

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

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

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

10. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

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