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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alyosha the Pot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?
(a) As an afterthought.
(b) As a goddess.
(c) As a mother.
(d) As a nuisance.

2. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?
(a) They exacerbate the depression.
(b) Temporary relief.
(c) Complete relief.
(d) They make her genuinely ill.

3. Who is Nikita?
(a) Vasili's neighbor.
(b) Vasili's priest.
(c) Vasili's horse.
(d) Vasili's servant.

4. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?
(a) A Chechen.
(b) A Russian.
(c) A Tartar.
(d) A Turk.

5. What is in Novomlinsk?
(a) The Russian military outpost.
(b) The Turkish trading post.
(c) The center of the Grebensk Cossack settlement.
(d) Muslim Tartars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vasili decide to do when they have lost the road?

2. What does Alyosha's father say about Alyosha's plan to marry?

3. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?

4. Why was Sergius sent to Siberia?

5. Why is Alyosha called 'the Pot'?

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