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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. What reason does Aksionov tell Semyonich for not needing to kill him?
2. Who enters Aksionov’s room the night he was questioned by the guard about the tunnel?
3. What happens to Aksionov before he can be released from prison?
4. What does Aksionov try to do day and night after meeting Semyonich, but it brings him no peace?
5. How does Aksionov reply when asked by the new prisoners why he is in jail?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the new convicts discuss when they first arrive at the prison?
2. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich about being released from prison?
3. Why does Semyonich come to beg Aksionov’s forgiveness after the tunnel was found?
4. What does Semyonich tell Aksionov he will do so that Aksionov can be set free?
5. What does Aksionov tell Semyonich when he enters his room at night after the tunnel was found.
6. How does Aksionov reply to the Governor when asked who dug the tunnel?
7. Why does Aksionov begin to suspect Makar Semyonich is the one who killed the merchant?
8. What does Aksionov discover Makar Semyonich has done one night when he is walking the prison after not sleeping for two weeks?
9. What does Makar tell Aksionov he will do if he tells anyone what he has found out, and how does Aksionov respond?
10. Why does the Governor come to question the prisoners near the end of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Makar Semyonich’s character and the changes he goes through during the course of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing setting and time period of “God Sees the Truth, but Waits.” In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title “God Sees the Truth, But Waits.” Explore the ways in which this title connects to the themes of the story.
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