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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 happens to Kira at the Institute?
(a) She wins an award.
(b) She gets expelled.
(c) She graduates.
(d) She stops going to class.

2. What does Leo buy once he has money?
(a) He hides his money.
(b) Foreign-made clothes.
(c) Food.
(d) Alcohol.

3. What is the "hard legacy" Stepan leaves Andrei?
(a) His uniform.
(b) Pavel's note.
(c) A small amount of money.
(d) A letter of expulsion from the Communist Party.

4. Why has no one been assigned the extra rooms of Victor's apartment?
(a) Because he will be arrested soon.
(b) Because Marisha won't allow him to rent them out.
(c) Because he owns the apartment.
(d) Because he talked to a friend about it.

5. What does Leo buy for Victor's wedding?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A vase.
(c) Wine.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Victor at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. According to Stepan, what does dying of "ceaseless toil" mean?

3. What does Kira do during Leo's absence?

4. What does Irina fear will happen to Sasha?

5. What does Andrei confess he is worried about when Kira pretends to attend a meeting, but visits him instead?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kira respond to Andrei's investigation of the food store?

2. Why does Leo refer to himself as a "gigolo"?

3. How is Kira's influence over Andrei shown during the report on the agrarian situation?

4. What happens to Kira at the House of Peasants that worries her?

5. What steps does Kira take to try to send Leo to a sanatorium?

6. Why does Andrei say Kira cannot return his love?

7. How does Pavel show disrespect for people when he returns from lunch with Morozov?

8. What makes Vasili connect with Glieb?

9. What makes Leo's illness particularly frightening for Kira?

10. Why has Stepan lost faith in the revolution/Communism?

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