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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 is Korolev convinced to stay overnight to watch over Liza?
2. What does Anna Sergeevna fear when she starts relations with Gurov?
3. Who is more likely to tip the beadle?
4. Why do the wedding dressmakers cry?
5. Of the following, which is NOT an attribute Korolev thinks about in regards to factories?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the figurative language that describes Aksinya at the wedding reception show her true character?
2. In "On Official Business", what is the difference between the coroner and the doctor in the way they view life?
3. How does Olga become committed to Sasha?
4. 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?
5. How are the homes of Lida and the artist, from "The House with the Mezzanine", symbolic of their respective personalities?
6. What is the root cause of Liza's illness?
7. From "The Darling", describe Olga's personality type.
8. Why does Alekhin and Burkin not enjoy Ivan Ivanych's story about gooseberries?
9. How is Pyotr different as a person and as a bishop?
10. Dr. Starchenko from "On Official Business" mentions old folks disliking this "nervous age." What might this "nervous age" refer to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does familiarity help those in grieving moments? For example, the woman who might have reminded Ieronym of Nikolai (Easter Night), Vanka (Vanka) writing to his grandfather, or Varka (Sleepy Night) dreaming of her late parents. Why is familiarity consoling? Feel free to use other examples as well.
Essay Topic 2
The main character in "Easter Night" reminds Ieronym, a monk, how all people die, and how his friend Nikolai, another monk, is lucky to die on the eve of Easter. Although Ieronym is trained as a monk, how do his reasoning and his heart play contrasting roles as he grieves over Nikolai.
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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