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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 is Stepan Kasatsky's relation with the court of Emperor Nicholas I?
(a) Stepan Kasatsky married an admiral's daughter.
(b) Stepan Kasatsky's mother was daughter of a high-ranking officer.
(c) Stepan Kasatsky's father was an outstanding military officer.
(d) Stepan Kasatsky's family was promoted to the nobility by Emperor Nicholas I.

2. What was Stepan Kasatsky 'given to' from time to time?
(a) Fits of jealousy.
(b) Fits of generosity.
(c) Fits of laughing.
(d) Fits of temper.

3. Who tries to convince the travelers to rest?
(a) Nikita's wife.
(b) As fellow traveler.
(c) A landowner.
(d) An innkeeper.

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

5. How did Murad die?
(a) He was assassinated by Shamil's men.
(b) He was shot in an ambush.
(c) He was killed in battle.
(d) He was betrayed by his own men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?

2. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?

3. How does Pozdnyshev's wife try to escape from her unhappiness?

4. Why is it urgent for Vasili and Nikita and Mukhorty to reach their destination in the snow storm?

5. What significance does Pashenka have to Sergius after Sergius leaves the monastery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the event that precipitates Pozdnyshev's murder of his wife?

2. What does Murad ask Prince Vorontsov for after he surrenders?

3. Describe Pozdnyshev's marriage.

4. Why does Father Sergius ask to be reassigned to a hermitage?

5. What does Pozdnyshev realize as soon as he kills his wife?

6. What did the Tsar decide with regard to Murad?

7. What are some possible morals for "Master and Man"?

8. What does Hadji Murad hope to find when he reaches Russia?

9. Describe Pozdnyshev's relation with his children.

10. What is the setting for "Kreutzer Sonata"?

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