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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Boring Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special gift did Nikolai have as a monk?
(a) Have a good rapport with everyone.
(b) Writing sermons.
(c) Keeping the novices quiet and respectful.
(d) Writing akathists.

2. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?
(a) He was dared to by a friend.
(b) For fun.
(c) To see if he could.
(d) To use as a sinker.

3. What embitters Nikolai Stepanych about his children?
(a) They do not help him during his financial troubles.
(b) They continue to ask him for money.
(c) The choice of spouses.
(d) Their choice of careers.

4. What do Stepanych and his wife discuss every morning?
(a) Katya.
(b) The weather.
(c) Liza.
(d) His health and their son.

5. In whom does Ieronym see his friend Nikolai?
(a) The archimandrite.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A woman on the ferry.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ordinary conversation between Mikhail and Katya?

2. How does Yegor describe himself?

3. What happens when the General is so angry with Cherviakov, he yells "Get out"?

4. The condition of Stepan and Anyuta's room can be described as __________.

5. What causes Anyuta to cry?

(see the answer key)

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