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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 Murin describe Katerina?
(a) Impetuous.
(b) Gorgeous.
(c) Mad.
(d) Young.

2. Who finds the money Mr. Prohartchin has been hiding?
(a) A servant.
(b) The landlady.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His housemates.

3. Who inappropriately tries to court Katerina?
(a) Her godfather.
(b) Her stepfather.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her father.

4. What does Murin make Ordynov do in order to protect Katerina from him?
(a) Rent a separate room.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Turn over his weapons.
(d) Move out.

5. What is pub short for?
(a) Public awareness.
(b) Puberty central.
(c) Public house.
(d) Publication place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated these stories into English?

2. What does the woman living at the house in 'An Honest Thief' do without the permission of the owner of the house?

3. What confuses Schpies about Ordynov?

4. Where is Schpies from?

5. How long has Mr. Prohartchin lived in his lodging?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Yulian treated the way he was in 'A Christmas Tree & A Wedding, White Nights'?

2. Why does Katerina sho so much restraint while with Ordynov at the beginning of the second part of 'The Land Lady'?

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

4. Why did the translator warn people against reading too many of Dostoyevsky's works in succession?

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

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

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

8. How does 'Polzunkov' end?

9. What did Ordynov realize about Katerina and the old man after his relationship with her had ended?

10. What does Osip say he is dependent on?

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