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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. Who was Mr. Prohartchin's hidden money NOT sent to?
(a) The landlady.
(b) The house-mates.
(c) The bank.
(d) His sister-in-law.

2. What kind of disposition does Shumkov have?
(a) Happy.
(b) Serious.
(c) Animated.
(d) Nervous.

3. What does the boy feel he has won the morning after the party?
(a) His respect.
(b) His manhood.
(c) His place.
(d) His cap.

4. What does the older man talk to the younger man about at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife'?
(a) Ladies.
(b) Politics.
(c) Contracts.
(d) Marriage.

5. What is the old man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' waiting for?
(a) A message.
(b) A car.
(c) A woman.
(d) A payment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author talk about when mentioning Mr. Prohartchin's need for attention?

2. What does Murin never do with Katerina?

3. What does the Rag say he has never done for money?

4. How does Murin describe Katerina?

5. What is the man at the beginning of 'Another Man's Wife' doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ivan go to the theater in 'Another Man's Wife'?

2. Why did Murin marry Katerina?

3. How did Ordynov change after his relationship with Katerina had ended?

4. What does Ivanitch find out about Pyotr's wife?

5. Why did Dostoyevsky vary the sentence length in his writing?

6. Who was Ivanitch searching for in 'A Novel in Nine Letters'?

7. What does the younger man in 'Another Man's Wife' confess to doing and why?

8. How does the old man get Katerina to stay with him?

9. What happens when the boy rides a pony?

10. What does Murin have Ordynov do when he tells him about his marriage to Katerina?

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