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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 the narrator try to visualize about the three women in the photo?
(a) Their names.
(b) Their dreams.
(c) Their being nude.
(d) Their talking to him about their lives.

2. What does the narrator spend his time doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Writing biographical notes.
(c) Panhandling.
(d) Working for a meal.

3. What does the narrator do upon returning to Russia?
(a) Reads books on France.
(b) Starts the process of obtaining French citizenship.
(c) Applies for a job with the University
(d) Joins the military.

4. What does the narrator believe about the soldiers he watches?
(a) They were coerced into the military.
(b) They join the military seeking redemption.
(c) They join the military seeking honor.
(d) No outside thoughts can penetrate their minds.

5. What does the narrator recount to Pashka?
(a) Stories about fishing.
(b) Russian history.
(c) Stories about the early founding of the United States.
(d) French history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator invent in order to publish his book?

2. What does Charlotte do after the young woman is killed?

3. To what does the narrator become attracted?

4. What does the narrator often have with himself?

5. Of what does the narrator feel jealous?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator relate about a man named Beria?

2. Why does the narrator think he is being accepted by his classmates, what does he see as the three types of cliques in a crowd and how does his acceptance affect his writing?

3. What happens when the narrator's mother goes for some medical tests?

4. Why does the narrator not call or write Charlotte after he finds her and what does he do while waiting to see her?

5. Who does the narrator notice while doing sequences and what does he notice about her?

6. Why does the narrator feel guilty concerning his grandmother?

7. What do the narrator and Pashka do on their fishing trips?

8. How does the narrator's interest in Russia cause him problems?

9. What story does the narrator relate to Pashka?

10. How does the narrator end up staying in a tomb for a while?

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