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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. How long does Olga and Pustovalov's marriage last before he dies of illness?
2. What is Yefimya's relationship with her husband like?
3. What oppressive feeling does Korolev feel as he walks around the factory buildings?
4. How does the coroner witness the disrespect the beadle gets?
5. What is on Varvara's mind when Anisim unexpectedly returns home?
Short Essay Questions
1. From "The Darling", describe Olga's personality type.
2. 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.
3. In "At Christmastime", what kind of family life does Vasilisa's daughter have in Petersburg? How does this affect her relationship with her parents?
4. How does Olga become committed to Sasha?
5. Describe what life is like in the countryside where there is a factory?
6. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", how does Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov view women?
7. How does the figurative language that describes Aksinya at the wedding reception show her true character?
8. In "The Lady with the Little Dog", why does Dmitri Gurov see Anna Sergeeva differently than all the other women in his life? What makes her so much more appealing?
9. What is life like for Pyotr?
10. Describe Belikov from "The Man in a Case" and what makes him so different from everyone else in his village. What influence does he have on the people around him?
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
In "The House with the Mezzanine", Lida is called "remarkable" by her mother and sister. Write and essay of what it means to be "remarkable"? What does it take to be "remarkable"? By whose standards is someone "remarkable"? How "remarkable" is Lida? Do her mother and sister really value Lida as a "remarkable" person?
Essay Topic 3
From "A Boring Story", describe Katya and Stepanych's relationship. Beyond a father and daughter, how do their struggles bond them? What is their struggle?
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