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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Ravine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Zhenya discontinue seeing the artist?
(a) Zhenya is too busy with politics.
(b) Her mother disapproves.
(c) Lida disapproves.
(d) The artist moves away.

2. What about Ryabovsky intrigues Olga?
(a) She knows nothing about him and remains mysterious.
(b) He adds drama to her life.
(c) He is a genius in painting.
(d) He is absolutely giving.

3. A beadle's life can be described as __________.
(a) Exciting.
(b) Difficult.
(c) Easy.
(d) Highly respectable.

4. When does Korolev believe social change will occur?
(a) He is skeptical things will ever change in Russia.
(b) Not for another hundred years.
(c) In the next generations.
(d) Later in his lifetime.

5. To whom does Vanka write to on Christmas Eve?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His old miss.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling overtakes Kovrin to the point that it worries him?

2. How is Lipa last seen?

3. According to the artist in "The House with the Mezzanine", what is the only thing worth living for?

4. What does Lyzhin do for the beadle when he sees him at von Taunitz's?

5. How does Korolev's arrival and departure from the factory differ?

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