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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. What was the common evening meal Pushkin and Irina shared as farmers?
(a) Cabbage soup.
(b) Filet mignon.
(c) Beet soup.
(d) Chicken soup.

2. The bakery to which Irina dispatches Pushkin is on what street?
(a) Tverskaya.
(b) Povarskaya.
(c) Battleship Potemkin.
(d) Maxim Gorky.

3. Which of the following does Jerry pack as he travels?
(a) Advil.
(b) Aspercreme.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Benadryl.

4. How much would Touchett’s grandmother send him?
(a) $10.
(b) $20.
(c) $50.
(d) $100.

5. In what Moscow district do Irina and Pushkin initially take up residence?
(a) Tverskov.
(b) Khamovniki.
(c) Arbat.
(d) Presnensky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book is Touchett reading as “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” begins?

2. To what airport does Jerry mean to fly?

3. What agency’s stamp is in the shape of St. Basil’s?

4. On what street does Pennybrook have a shop?

5. What brand of phone does Jerry see in use at the airport as he works to reschedule his flight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does “The Line” suggest makes a discussion of the weather a pleasantry?

2. How is Irina employed in her Moscow collective?

3. Why does Touchett take the job Pennybrook offers him?

4. What marks Smitty’s social presentation as unusual?

5. What does “The Ballad of Timothy Touchett” note an extra $50 per week might allow?

6. How do Pushkin and Irina regard Moscow upon their arrival?

7. Why does Jerry agree to do as Smitty’s wife bids?

8. Why is Pushkin pleased the bakery where he initially queues offers only one product?

9. Why, per “Hasta Luego,” is emotional contagion important?

10. To what does Pushkin compare the Communist speaker he and Irina first hear?

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