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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marya's family from?

2. What items has Hanov given to the school?

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

4. What is the Marya's last name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Marya think of the school inspector?

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

5. Describe Hanov.

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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