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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. Who must be asked before the Bishop can visit the three hermits?
2. What is the real last name of the occupant of Room One in "The Clothesmender"?
3. From what language does Ivan Ivanovich translate books for booksellers?
4. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?
5. Who in the church suggests a place for the narrator to live in "The Clothesmender"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Praskovya Osipovna react when Ivan Yakovlevich finds a nose in his loaf of bread?
2. In "The Three Hermits", why is the Bishop still awake after everyone goes back to sleep?
3. How does Pyotr Petrovich interpret Lukerya's face when he encounters her in the bee hut?
4. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?
5. Why do the three hermits walk on water and chase the ship?
6. In "The Clothesmender", what does the priest say to the narrator are the advantages of living with the tailor?
7. How does Dunya's father react to the hussar's asking if he can take her to church?
8. Describe the character of the wife of Laputin, the benefactor in "The Clothesmender".
9. What are the two trials the tailor experiences that lead him to his eventual good fortune in "The Clothesmender"?
10. What is Klinevich getting at with wanting to get rid of being ashamed while the corpses are conscious?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the chores Varka has to perform. When does she have time for sleep? What adds to her work at the end, which finally pushes her over the edge? What moral is the story trying to convey?
Essay Topic 2
In "The Clothesmender", what is the reason that the tailor Laputin has a French sign calling him Lepoutant? What happens, ironically, to his benefactor of the same name at the end of the story? Why is this ironic?
Essay Topic 3
What longings torment Paka in "In Bondage" that cause him to want to leave the safety of his normal home life? How does his mother's attitude contribute to this?
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