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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. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?

2. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?

3. What part of the body does the middle-aged citizen who comes to visit the doctor in "Yuletide Story" complain about?

4. How old is Nanny Varka?

5. What is the name of Varka's late father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the three brothers do during the summer months in "In Bondage"?

2. How does Zamyatin describe the bedroom where Martin Martinych and Masha stay in "The Cave"?

3. In "Sunstroke", why is the woman unwilling to continue her relationship with the lieutenant?

4. In "Yuletide Story", what does the doctor think of patients in general?

5. What does Grishchuk say about women and why?

6. What is Masha's condition in "The Cave"?

7. How is the doctor in "Yuletide Story" described?

8. What happens when Varka decides she must be free of what shackles her at the end of Sleepy?

9. In "Yuletide Story," what does the doctor think when he goes to the patient's apartment after his aunt tells him he has died?

10. How do the peasant women treat the lieutenant at the market in "Sunstroke"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "A Living Relic", how does Lukerya's malady manifest itself? What draws her outside in the middle of the night? What happens as a result? Describe the progression of her illness discussing how she ends up in the bee hut.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Major Kovalyov reacts to the situation of his missing nose in Gogol's "The Nose". What does he do for a living? How does he perceive his station in life? What are his biggest fears about his missing nose?

Essay Topic 3

In "Bobok", how does the homespun philosopher, Platon Nikolayevich, explain why the people in the graveyard are still conscious after they die? What qualifies him to speak on the subject? What does he say of the death of the body?

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