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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Grigory Petrovich generally have a softness for?
(a) His deaf son.
(b) Varvara.
(c) His eldest son and daughter-in-law Aksinya.
(d) His late wife.

2. What arrangement do Gurov and Anna make to continue seeing each other?
(a) She will see him in Moscow.
(b) They are to meet in Yalta every Sunday.
(c) He is to "tutor" her in French.
(d) He is to come every other month by the pier.

3. How does Olga support the ones she loves?
(a) She provides them with money.
(b) She commits to whatever they commit to.
(c) She gives them encouraging words.
(d) She stays out of their way.

4. Who is the only person who can behave comfortably around Bishop Pyotr?
(a) Sisoy.
(b) Marya.
(c) Katya.
(d) No one.

5. What epiphany does Lyzhin realize while at von Taunitz's?
(a) Life in Moscow has nothing to do with provincial life.
(b) Life is full of random accidents.
(c) The provincial life is not as bad as he assumed.
(d) Life's events are not accidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Gurov treat women?

2. What races through the bishop's head when his colleagues confirm his mother's appearance?

3. Of the following, which is NOT an attribute Korolev thinks about in regards to factories?

4. How long has it been since Bishop Pyotr last saw his mother?

5. What does Starchenko assume about the Zemstvo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the town of Ukleyevo from "In the Ravine". What is life like there?

2. In "The Bishop", what is Bishops Pyotr's relationship with his mother Marya like when she visits him after nine years?

3. How does the figurative language that describes Aksinya at the wedding reception show her true character?

4. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov view women?

5. How is Pyotr different as a person and as a bishop?

6. In "At Christmastime", what kind of family life does Vasilisa's daughter have in Petersburg? How does this affect her relationship with her parents?

7. How are the homes of Lida and the artist, from "The House with the Mezzanine", symbolic of their respective personalities?

8. What is going through Anisim's head as he is getting married? What might this foreshadow in his life?

9. In "On Official Business", the coroner has a dream about the beadle and the Zemstvo walking side by side. Write a brief interpretation of this dream.

10. In "On Official Business", why does the coroner believe the city is the center of Russia? What does he think of the village and countryside?

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