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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter V, whom does Pahom leave in charge of his homestead while he is gone?
2. Which word is a synonym for "haggle"?
3. What kind of land is "fallow"?
4. How do the Bashkirs make their living?
5. If Pahom's land is "arable," what is true of his land?
Short Essay Questions
1. What procedure do the Bashkirs outline for marking the land that Pahom claims?
2. What deal does Pahom strike to buy some land of his own in the settlement beyond the Volga?
3. What deal does the traveling dealer tell Pahom he was able to get on land from the Bashkir?
4. When Pahom asks the Bashkirs for some land, what is their response?
5. How does the text contrast the life of the Bashkirs with the life of Russian peasants, and what is ironic in this description?
6. When Pahom and his family arrive in the new settlement beyond the Volga, what does he do first, and what is the result?
7. After the chief offers Pahom land, how does Pahom respond, and why?
8. What causes Pahom to become dissatisfied with his situation in the new settlement?
9. What is the price of the land the Bashkirs offer Pahom, and how much land do they offer?
10. What is the response of the Bashkirs to Pahom's arrival?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter I, when the sisters are talking, Pahom's wife tells her sister, "We may live roughly, but at least we are free from anxiety. You live in better style than we do, but though you often earn more than you need, you are very likely to lose all you have. You know the proverb, 'Loss and gain are brothers twain.'" Write an essay that explains the meaning of this quote and why, in the context of this story, it is heavily ironic.
Essay Topic 2
When Pahom decides to take his neighbors to court, he thinks "I cannot go on overlooking it, or they will destroy all I have." Pahom likely means this sincerely; what undermines this statement for the reader, however? Write an essay in which you both explain at least two ways in which this statement proves to be ironic.
Essay Topic 3
The deal that Pahom intends to strike with the Bashkirs takes place in a context in which the reader is told that the Bashkirs are not formally educated and speak no Russian. Why might Tolstoy have included these details? Write an essay in which you make a claim about Tolstoy's use of the Bashkirs as a way to comment on Pahom's ethics.
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