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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Stepan Kasatsky's motives for whatever he undertakes?
(a) To undermine authority.
(b) To create a disturbance.
(c) To escape from reality.
(d) To win recognition.

2. What does Pozdnyshev say he was determined to do throughout his marriage?
(a) Kill his wife.
(b) Carry on his affairs.
(c) Ignore his wife's affairs.
(d) Remain faithful.

3. What does Tolstoy say Pozdnyshev is oblivious to in his marriage?
(a) His wife's illness.
(b) His wife's affairs.
(c) His children's hate for him.
(d) His wife's unhappiness.

4. Who is Murad hoping to reach at his destination?
(a) Marya Dmitrievna.
(b) Emperor Nicholas I.
(c) Prince Vorontsov.
(d) Shamil's general.

5. How does Stepan Kasatsky respond when Countess Korotkova tells him about her other lover?
(a) He kills her.
(b) He breaks off the engagement.
(c) He confronts the other man.
(d) He vows to love her eternally.

6. What does Murad intend to do when he reaches his destination?
(a) Surrender to the Russians.
(b) Emigrate to America.
(c) Gather men to fight Shamil.
(d) Fight the Russians.

7. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?
(a) A woman who tempts him.
(b) A woman who seduces him.
(c) A woman who refuses him.
(d) A woman who seduced his spiritual leader.

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

9. What did the Tsar suggest to do with Murad?
(a) Use him against the Chechens.
(b) Use him to train anti-Chechen fighters.
(c) Use him on the Western front.
(d) Send him to Siberia.

10. When do the travelers finally decide to stop?
(a) When the sled breaks.
(b) When Mukhorty is injured.
(c) When they get stuck in a ravine.
(d) When they lose their way again.

11. Who is Hadji Murad?
(a) A Russian soldier.
(b) A Chechen fighter.
(c) A Turkish fighter.
(d) A Russian prince.

12. What was Pozdnyshev's justification for killing his wife?
(a) Desire for her money.
(b) He caught her cheating on him.
(c) She was ill and suffering.
(d) A jealous rage.

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

14. Where did Vasili borrow money from in the beginning of 'Master and Man'?
(a) His parents.
(b) The church till.
(c) His servant.
(d) His neighbor.

15. Where does the road take them after the travelers return to the road?
(a) The Semenov estate.
(b) Goryachkin.
(c) Grishkino.
(d) Petersburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?

2. How long after their wedding was Pozdnyshev's wife depressed?

3. What is it called when Vasili dies protecting Nikita?

4. Why has Shamil ordered Murad's family to be arrested?

5. How does Pozdnyshev describe his union with his wife?

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