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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Vasilisa's tears make Ivan happy?
(a) They are tears of joy.
(b) He sees a connection between the past and present.
(c) They are tears of relief.
(d) He hates her.

2. How does Modest Andreich view his wife?
(a) He is in love with her innocence.
(b) She is there to advance his career.
(c) He is in love with her beauty.
(d) She is there on a friend's advice, not because he wants a wife.

3. What is Stepan studying?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Art.
(d) Russian literature.

4. In "The Fidget", Osip Dymov is __________.
(a) Theatrical.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Socially insufferable.
(d) A celebrity.

5. What feeling do Mashenka and Matvei have that brings them together?
(a) Lust.
(b) A want of revenge.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Love.

6. What does Varka do finally to get some sleep?
(a) Strangle the master and his wife.
(b) Pay the apprentice to watch the baby.
(c) Leave the house and sleep outside.
(d) Strangle the baby.

7. In Velikopolsky's version of the Twelve Gospels, what does Peter do?
(a) Turn away from Jesus when he asks for help.
(b) Deny knowing Jesus.
(c) Turn Jesus into the high priest.
(d) Sing along with the servants of the high priest against Jesus.

8. To whom does Stepanych compare himself during his youthful days of lecturing?
(a) A brain surgeon.
(b) An orchestra conductor.
(c) A pianist.
(d) A violinist.

9. What does Vanka remember about Christmastime?
(a) Getting the tree with his grandfather.
(b) An orange in his stocking one year.
(c) Making cookies with the cooks in the master's house.
(d) Decorating the tree with his parents.

10. What happens at Pelageya's cottage on Easter?
(a) Yegor and Pelageya get married.
(b) Yegor comes by with a ham to celebrate with her.
(c) Pelageya makes a nice meal but Yegor never shows up.
(d) Yegor comes by drunk and beats her.

11. What feeling does Gusev have before he dies?
(a) An aura of uneasiness.
(b) A feeling of content.
(c) A sense of yearning.
(d) A sense of happiness.

12. What does the black monk tell Kovrin about his presence?
(a) He is there by Kovrin's imagination.
(b) He is real but only to those that believe.
(c) He is as real to Kovrin as to everyone else in the gardens.
(d) He is always present whether Kovrin sees him or not.

13. What is Olga Ivanovna's greatest talent?
(a) Acquainting with celebrities.
(b) Acting.
(c) Painting.
(d) Singing.

14. What does Stepanych think of Katya?
(a) She is innocent and naive.
(b) She is too foolish to make it in this world.
(c) She is too brash for men.
(d) She is too timid to be in theater.

15. What is General Brizzhalov's first reaction to Cherviakov?
(a) He is appalled but Cherviakov's rudeness.
(b) He is furious with Cherviakov.
(c) He wants Cherviakov to let him be.
(d) He accepts the apology amiably with a smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Varka see in her dreams?

2. According to Stepanych, what does Pyotr lack to set the world on fire?

3. What insulting word does Andreich call his daughter Maria?

4. What about Ryabovsky intrigues Olga?

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

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