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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. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?
(a) As a torment.
(b) As consolation for his unhappy marriage.
(c) As angels.
(d) As a great burden.

2. Why does Murad want revenge on Shamil?
(a) Shamil pushed him out of power.
(b) Shamil stole from him.
(c) Shamil insulted him.
(d) Shamil killed his brother and father.

3. What doest Stepan Kasatsky tell Countess Korotkova?
(a) That she made him a better person.
(b) That he was terribly devoted.
(c) That he would kill her if he ever found out she betrayed him.
(d) That his love for her scared him.

4. What significance does Pashenka have to Sergius after Sergius leaves the monastery?
(a) He wants to set things right with her.
(b) He wants to devote himself to her.
(c) She seems like a means to salvation for him.
(d) He wants to punish her for leading him astray.

5. What does Murad ultimately plan to do?
(a) Attack Shamil's stronghold and eliminate him.
(b) Repatriate in Russia.
(c) Establish Russian rule over Chechnya.
(d) Make money and get famous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nikita?

2. Who is Mukhorty?

3. What causes Father Sergius to leave the monastery?

4. What is Stepan Kasatsky's relation with the court of Emperor Nicholas I?

5. Who was Countess Korotkova?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pozdnyshev's marriage.

2. What is Nikita's relationship with Mukhorty?

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

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

5. What does Tolstoy mean by ending the story with Marya Dmitrievna screaming 'you are all cutthroats'?

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

7. Why did Hadji Murad set out for Russia?

8. How does Stepan acquire the name Father Sergius?

9. What happens the first time Nikita and Vasili get off the road?

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

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