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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long is Leo at the sanatorium?
2. What do the doctors tell Leo?
3. Who is told that they don't have many friends left in the Communist Party?
4. Who ends up finding Pavel's note?
5. Why does Andrei decide to investigate the food store?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Kira comes home after Victor's wedding party?
2. What does Katia tell Sasha one evening after Irina says she fears he will be exiled?
3. Why does Andrei say Kira cannot return his love?
4. What steps does Kira take to try to send Leo to a sanatorium?
5. What happens to Kira at the House of Peasants that worries her?
6. How does Pavel show disrespect for people when he returns from lunch with Morozov?
7. Why does Victor feel that he cannot get ahead in the Communist Party?
8. Why has Stepan lost faith in the revolution/Communism?
9. How does Kira and Andrei's relationship change the night he confesses why he had to stop seeing her?
10. How does Kira respond to Andrei's investigation of the food store?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Kira spends the entire novel between two men. Describe how her relationships with Leo and Andrei set her up to not have either of them at the end of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Leo and Andrei as suitors for Kira. Consider them in terms of: emotions, actions, position in society, opinion, and relationships with others. Who do you think is best for Kira, and why?
Essay Topic 3
Alexander and Galina respond to the many changes of this novel in their own way. How do they adapt to the move in and out of hiding, the new government, new jobs, and changes to their family structure? Reflect on how each character's ideals and beliefs change, or remain unchanged, in response to these new situations.
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