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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. What does Kira find to be "ignoble"?
(a) Family.
(b) Work and effort.
(c) Dancing girls.
(d) Entertainment and joy.

2. Where does Leo end up working after he starts going to the University?
(a) At the state's publishing company.
(b) At the university.
(c) At the Technological Institute.
(d) For the Communists.

3. What does Andrei ask Kira after meeting her at the rally?
(a) He asks her to leave him alone.
(b) He asks her out for coffee.
(c) He asks her to the opera.
(d) He asks her to stop talking about Communism.

4. What does Victor study?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Law.
(c) Art.
(d) Victor does not go to school.

5. Why does Kira pretend to be a prostitute?
(a) She is trying to avoid arrest.
(b) She wants to stay with Leo.
(c) She wants to get a reaction out of people.
(d) She wants to earn extra money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lydia tell Kira that wicked women like her should not be allowed to live?

2. Who gets elected to a position at the rally Kira attends?

3. What does Kira send home to her family in the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. Who does Kira go to the ballet with?

5. When Kira and Leo discuss their future, what do they talk about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kira think that returning to Petrograd is the start of something wonderful?

2. Why does Maria hide her handkerchiefs?

3. What sets Kira apart as an individual?

4. How might Kira's family feel in the first three chapters?

5. Why does Kira's sister say that Kira always gets her way?

6. In what ways does Kira fail to follow the dictates of society?

7. How does Stepan help Leo and Kira after he barges into their cabin?

8. What happens between Kira and the British woman?

9. Why does Andrei order soup for Kira?

10. How does Kira feel toward Victor and his advances?

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