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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 the judge discover about an accident from the previous year?

2. Why does Grigoriev steal a nut?

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

4. To whom does Stepanych compare himself during his youthful days of lecturing?

5. What is Dr. Yefimych's true passion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes are observed in Nikolai Stepanych's lectures from the past to the present?

2. When a fellow soldier asks Gusev if he is not afraid to die, what is his response? How does his response reflect his character?

3. Dr. Andrei Yefimych states that Ivan Dmitrich is "interested in precisely the right things." What are these right things?

4. Why does the black monk make Andrei Kovrin feel good?

5. Describe Maria's upbringing under Andreich. What is Andreich's role in her life?

6. What stops Nevyrazimov from moving up in the world?

7. What consumes Bronze so much in life over the last 50 years in "Rothschild's Fiddle"?

8. How does Ieronym invite the narrator of "Easter Night" to ask about Ieronym's sorrows? How does he hint at his current sorrow?

9. Describe Yegor and Pelageya's relationship. How do they interact? How do they feel about one another?

10. What makes akathists so difficult?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Andrei Kovrin from "The Black Monk" knows the black monk is a hallucination it makes him feel good. What is the driving force of these hallucinations? How does the black monk make Andrei feel better about life?

Essay Topic 2

Compare how the soldiers and the sailor on the boat in "Gusev" handle a long boat ride back home to Russia. How do they each deal with long days without enough food and water, entertainment, and occupation? What does each resort do in order to try to keep their sanity?

Essay Topic 3

From "Small Fry", explain why Nevyrazimov momentarily feels better when he crushes something smaller than himself. How does this alleviate the pains of his life?

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